Deadly discrimination: Implications of “Missing Girls” for workplace safety
We examine an indirect but potentially deadly consequence of the “missing girls” phenomenon. A shortage of brides causes many parents with sons of marriageable age to work harder and seek higher-paying but dangerous jobs. In response, employers invest less in workplace safety, which in turn increase...
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| author | Tan, Zhibo Wei, Shang-Jin Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | We examine an indirect but potentially deadly consequence of the “missing girls” phenomenon. A shortage of brides causes many parents with sons of marriageable age to work harder and seek higher-paying but dangerous jobs. In response, employers invest less in workplace safety, which in turn increases work-related mortality. Drawing from a broad range of data sets and taking advantage of large regional and temporal variations in sex ratios in China, we demonstrate that in areas with more severe shortages of young women, the cohort of parents with sons of marriageable age suffers a higher incidence of accidental injuries and workplace deaths. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1426842025-02-24T06:45:50Z Deadly discrimination: Implications of “Missing Girls” for workplace safety Tan, Zhibo Wei, Shang-Jin Zhang, Xiaobo death girls accident competitive behaviour mortality risk sex ratio women We examine an indirect but potentially deadly consequence of the “missing girls” phenomenon. A shortage of brides causes many parents with sons of marriageable age to work harder and seek higher-paying but dangerous jobs. In response, employers invest less in workplace safety, which in turn increases work-related mortality. Drawing from a broad range of data sets and taking advantage of large regional and temporal variations in sex ratios in China, we demonstrate that in areas with more severe shortages of young women, the cohort of parents with sons of marriageable age suffers a higher incidence of accidental injuries and workplace deaths. 2021-09-01 2024-05-22T12:10:52Z 2024-05-22T12:10:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142684 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151300 Open Access Elsevier Tan, Zhibo; Wei, Shang-Jin; and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2021. Deadly discrimination: Implications of “Missing Girls” for workplace safety. Journal of Development Economics 152(September 2021): 102678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102678 |
| spellingShingle | death girls accident competitive behaviour mortality risk sex ratio women Tan, Zhibo Wei, Shang-Jin Zhang, Xiaobo Deadly discrimination: Implications of “Missing Girls” for workplace safety |
| title | Deadly discrimination: Implications of “Missing Girls” for workplace safety |
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| title_short | Deadly discrimination: Implications of “Missing Girls” for workplace safety |
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