An evolutionary model of prenatal and postnatal discrimination against females
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2020Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
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Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
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10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2020.01.002
Resumen
Discrimination against born and unborn females is a well-documented phenomenon in countries such
as India, China, Taiwan or Korea. Empirical studies support both additive and substitutive relationships
between prenatal and postnatal discriminatory practices against females. We introduce a theoretical
evolutionary model that endogenizes the preference for sons in a society, and consequently, ca ...
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Discrimination against born and unborn females is a well-documented phenomenon in countries such
as India, China, Taiwan or Korea. Empirical studies support both additive and substitutive relationships
between prenatal and postnatal discriminatory practices against females. We introduce a theoretical
evolutionary model that endogenizes the preference for sons in a society, and consequently, can explain
why one type of relationship or the other emerges in a society. [--]
Materias
Sex-selective abortions,
Child-care neglect,
Evolutionary dynamics
Editor
Elsevier
Publicado en
Mathematical Social Sciences 104, 2020, 1–14
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Economía /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ekonomia Saila /
Universidad Pública de Navarra/Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE
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Entidades Financiadoras
This study was funded by
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through
projects PGC2018-093542-B-I00, ECO2017-91589-EXP, ECO2015-
65031-P, RTI2018-099920-B-I00, and by Junta de Castilla y León,
Spain through project BU058P17.