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

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 107
Issue: 2
Pages: 142-144

Authors (4)

Oster, Emily (Brown University) Chen, Gang (not in RePEc) Yu, Xinsen (not in RePEc) Lin, Wenyao (not in RePEc)

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Abstract

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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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:107:y:2010:i:2:p:142-144
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
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2026-01-26