Das Gupta, Monica ; Zhenghua, Jiang ; Bohua, Li ; Zhenming, Xie ; Chung, Woojin Chung ; Hwa-Ok, Bae
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Abstract
Son preference has persisted in the face of sweeping economic and social changes in China, India, and the Republic of Korea. The authors attribute this to their similar family systems, which generate strong disincentives to raise daughters while valuing adult women's contributions to the household. Urbanization, female education, and employment can only slowly change these incentives without more direct efforts by the state and civil society to increase the flexibility of the kinship system such that daughters and sons can be perceived as being more equally valuable. Much can be done to this end through social movements, legislation, and the mass media.
| Document type: | Working paper |
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| Publisher: | The World Bank |
| Place of Publication: | Washington, D.C. |
| Date: | 2002 |
| Version: | Secondary publication |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2015 |
| Number of Pages: | 34 |
| Faculties / Institutes: | Miscellaneous > Individual person |
| DDC-classification: | Social sciences |
| Controlled Keywords: | China, Indien, Südkorea, Geburt, Junge |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | China, Indien, Südkorea, Kind, Sohnpräferenz / China, India, South Korea, Child, Son Preference |
| Subject (classification): | Sociology |
| Countries/Regions: | China India South Korea |
| Additional Information: | © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/19191 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO |
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