The wellbeing implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population

Jayaraj, D.; Subramanian, S.

doi:10.1007/s00355-008-0349-1

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“…The analysis of the data in this paper suggests that the contribution of abnormality in SRB to the count of missing women is, largely, negative. However, the results in Jayaraj and Subramanian (2008) show that the trend (or change) in the sex ratio between 1981 and 1991 is explained almost exclusively by the trend in SRB in India. The decline in SRB accounts for 145% of the decline in the overall sex ratio of India's population between 1981 and 1991.…”

Section: Concluding Observationsmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…However, time‐series data on the SRB for India are not available. For this reason, Jayaraj and Subramanian (2008) resort to estimating the SRB for the years 1901 to 1991, using an indirect method called the reverse survival method. To estimate the male and female births using the reverse survival method, 22 data on male and female populations less than one year old and male and female infant mortality rates are required.…”

Section: Appendix  Methods and Sources Of Data Used To Generate The Timentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, concentrating only on levels, say, the count of missing women and the contributions to it by the constituent elements of the sex ratio of a population, would direct attention away from the recent trends in the SRB. There is a case for taking on board the directions offered by the analyses of both trends (e.g., see Jayaraj and Subramanian 2008) and levels (e.g., as presented in this paper) in formulating policies that aim to improve the share or proportion of women in a population in the long run. Specifically, there is a case for addressing the issues of both curbing female feticide and eradicating excess female mortality in the formulation of policy aimed at improving the proportion of women in India's population in the long run.…”

Section: Concluding Observationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Digressing a little from the results presented in this paper, attention is drawn to the results presented in Jayaraj and Subramanian (2008). Their results indicate that although the decline in the sex ratio of India's population between 1961 and 1971 is, almost exclusively, attributable to deterioration in the RSAF, the decline between 1981 and 1991 is, largely, explained by the declining trend in the SRB.…”

Section: Accounting For the “Lowness” Of The Sex Ratio In India: Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this context, it may be noted that Jayaraj and Subramanian (2008) attempt to decompose the changes in the sex ratio in India between 1961 and 1971, and 1981 and 1991 into that attributable to changes in relative survival advantage of females (RSAF) and the SRB. The results in Jayaraj and Subramanian (2008) and in the present paper are expected to complement each other in suggesting policy measures aimed at improving the proportion of women in India's population.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring the Importance of Excess Female Mortality and Discrimination in “Natality” in Explaining the “Lowness” of the Sex Ratio in India

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2009

The Developing Economies

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The beginning of the present century has been marked by a shift in attention from "excess" female mortality to discrimination in natality in explaining the "lowness" of the sex ratio or proportion of women in India's population. Such a shift in focus seemingly suggests that discrimination in intra-family allocation of resources has reduced substantially in India. In this context, an attempt has been made to decompose the observed lowness of the sex ratio in India vis-à-vis that of the stable population into that attributable to: (1) age structure difference, (2) excess female mortality, and (3) abnormalities in sex ratios at birth in India. Estimated contributions by each factor suggest that, as late as 2001, excess female mortality or the lowness of the relative survival advantage of women is the single most important determinant of "missing" women in India. The results also point to the importance of age structure difference, which accounts for a little more than 17% of the lowness of the sex ratio in India in 2001.

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Section: Concluding Observationsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Appendix  Methods and Sources Of Data Used To Generate The Timentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Concluding Observationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Accounting For the “Lowness” Of The Sex Ratio In India: Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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