Missing women in India: Gender-specific effects of early-life rainfall shocks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105652
Abstract: Abstract We link over a century of monthly precipitation data (1911–2011) to the population by gender and age at the district level in the 1991, 2001, and 2011 Indian censuses to study how early-life (around… read more here.
Keywords: missing women; effects early; early life; rainfall shocks ... See more keywords
Can conflicts and natural disasters account for the surplus of older men in Pakistan?
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DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2020.1712825
Abstract: ABSTRACT The number of missing women in the population of Pakistan in 2015 amounted to approximately 4.4 million. The age distribution of this male surplus (i.e. in the 40+ population) suggests that the collective exposure… read more here.
Keywords: conflicts natural; age; disasters account; natural disasters ... See more keywords