Just One Boy? The Unintended Consequences of Authoritarian Institutions on Sex Imbalance in 1980s China

• In Event: Bureaucratic Politics in China

Brief Overview

This study shows that the introduction of sex-selective abortion in the 1980's China due to bureaucrat deregulation of birth policy in areas. And pre-natal sex-detection technology would increase the fraction of males born at higher parities.

Author

• Yi-nung Tsai, National Chengchi University