Hepatitis B does not explain male-biased sex ratios in China

Hepatitis B does not explain male-biased sex ratios in China

Oster (2005) argued that parents with Hepatitis B (HBV) have more sons, which explained Asia's “missing women”. Lin and Luoh (2008) show no relationship between gender and mother's HBV. We test for a relationship between paternal HBV and son share and find none.

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Veröffentlicht in:Economics letters 2010-05, Vol.107 (2), p.142-144
Hauptverfasser: Oster, Emily, Chen, Gang, Yu, Xinsen, Lin, Wenyao
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Birth rate
China
Hepatitis B
Missing women
Missing women Hepatitis B China
Population economics
Public health
Social economics
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Zusammenfassung:Oster (2005) argued that parents with Hepatitis B (HBV) have more sons, which explained Asia's “missing women”. Lin and Luoh (2008) show no relationship between gender and mother's HBV. We test for a relationship between paternal HBV and son share and find none.
ISSN:0165-1765
1873-7374
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.007