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son preference: a standalone construct

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sonpreference1 CONSTRUCTSon preferenceDAS GUPTA · DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

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Development economics

parents favoring sons over daughters, leading to unequal care and higher mortality for girls, especially later-born daughters.

In development economics, son preference refers to parents favoring sons over daughters, leading to unequal care and higher mortality for girls, especially later-born daughters. This meaning comes from Das Gupta (1987) in Population and Development Review.[1]

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References

  1. Das Gupta, M. (1987). Selective Discrimination against Female Children in Rural Punjab, India. Population and Development Review, 13(1), 77. https://doi.org/10.2307/1972121

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