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Gender composition of children and desires for the next child in “son preference” countries
This paper studies the role of gender preferences for children in formation of desires for the next child in nine countries of the Middle East and...
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Son Preference and Child Mortality as Predictors of Parity Progression in India: Evidence from NFHS-5
Parity progression, largely driven by son preference and child mortality, has historically influenced fertility behaviour in India. Given continued...
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Spatial Patterns of Son Preference in India
The chapter discusses son preference in India. The analysis is based on fertility preference as measured by the NFHS-5 and shows that Indian women...
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Economic resources, childcare services, and son preference: a conjoint analysis of fertility potential in China
Using a randomized experiment that we designed for the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey, this study conducts a conjoint analysis to explore the...
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Changes of sex ratio at birth and son preferences in China: a mixed method study
In 2020, China’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) stood at 111.3, still exhibiting a notable bias. Son preference ranks as the most essential and fundamental...
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Women’s Off-Farm Work Participation and Son Preference in Rural China
China is a rapidly growing country, where a considerable amount of rural female labor has shifted from agricultural to nonagricultural sectors....
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Speeding Up for a Son Among Immigrants in Canada
Parents are often not indifferent to the sex of their children. Indeed, while there is an overall preference for having mixed sexes in many Western...
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Family Structure and Labor Supply of Mothers with Son Preference: Evidence from Hong Kong
This paper presents instrumental variables (IV) estimates of the effect of having additional children on female labor supply in Hong Kong using data...
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Parental gender preference in the Balkans and Scandinavia: gender bias or differential costs?
There is much research indicating the presence of a parental preference for a particular gender of children. The main objective of this paper is to...
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Influence of the preference for sons on fertility in Bangladesh
This research paper investigates the prevalence of the preference for sons and its effect on women's fertility by analyzing parity movement in...
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An Economic Framework for Persisting Son Preference: Rethinking the Role of Intergenerational Support
Son preference drives pre- and post-natal discrimination of daughters in many countries. It surprisingly survives in societies undergoing rapid...
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Son Preference and Fertility Decisions: Evidence From Spatiotemporal Variation in Korea
Using Korean data, this study investigates whether son-favoring ideas or the preference for sons affect fertility decisions. Son-favoring fertility...
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Transition of Son Preference: Evidence From South Korea
Sex ratio at birth remains highly skewed in many Asian countries because of son preference. The ratio in South Korea, however, declined beginning in...
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Disparities in Gender Preference and Fertility: Southeast Asia and Latin America in a Comparative Perspective
A preference for sons and a sex selection against females are widespread in vast regions of the world, including a great number of Asian and East...
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Religion effects on fertility preference: evidence from China
In this study, we use data from the Chinese General Social Survey to investigate the impact of religion on fertility preference in the biggest...
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The fear of having two sons: a noteworthy preference for the gender of children
This paper argues that “the fear of having two sons” is a gender structure phenomenon that causes anxiety for some Chinese families. To prove the...
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Son Preference and Hindu–Muslim Fertility Differentials in ‘Ultra-low’ Fertility Context in Kolkata, India
Son preferenceSon preference among Hindus and Muslims, in the context of ‘ultra-low’ fertilityFertility, is highly debated with respect to...
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Patrilocality and Child Sex Ratios in India
In multi-level and multi-layered foundations of gendered approaches for understanding the kinship system, family-building behavior, son preference,...
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Religion, Contraceptive Method Mix and Son Preference among Bengali-Speaking Community in Indian Subcontinent: A Long View
The fact that BangladeshBangladesh and West BengalWest Bengal possess a common political and social history, languageLanguage and cultureCulture to a...
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Having Children in a Time of Lowest-Low Fertility: Value of Children, Sex Preference and Fertility Desire among Taiwanese Young Adults
Studies on the family often assume that the normative expectations of having children are straightforward. However, in societies with sustained...