“…For example, some places have an industry or occupation structure that generates a strong relative labor demand for men . Previous studies find that imbalanced sex ratio not only affects the propensity of marriage and divorce (Angrist, ; Brian, ; South & Lloyd, ) but also marital infidelity (Kuroki, ; Trent & South, ), mortality (Jin, Elwert, Freese, & Christakis, ), suicide (Kuroki, ), violence (Barber, ; Drèze & Khera, ; Edlund, Li, Yi, & Zhang, ; Hesketh & Xing, ), and demand for commercial sex workers (South & Trent, ).…”