Nadia Diamond?Smith|David Bishai
Evidence of Self-correction of Child Sex Ratios in India: A District-Level Analysis of Child Sex Ratios From 1981 to 2011
University of California, San Francisco|Johns Hopkins University
abstract sex ratios india become increasingly imbalanced past decades hypothesize sex ratios become uneven shortage girls increase girls future value leading sex ratios selfcorrect using data children 5 last four indian censuses examine relationship sex ratio one point time change sex ratio next 10 years district fixedeffects models show accounting unobserved districtlevel characteristicsincluding total fertility rate infant mortality rate percentage literate percentage rural percentage scheduled caste percentage scheduled tribe time trend variablesex ratios significantly negatively correlated change sex ratio successive 10year period suggests selfcorrective forces work imbalanced sex ratios india