Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of prenatal sex selection on fertility through a stochastic dynamic model with uncertainty in conception as well as in gender, where a woman makes decisions on conception and abortion with or without gender detection tests (i.e. sex-selective or sex-unselective abortion). The paper shows that, when the cost of gender detection test falls, the sex ratio at birth rises due to more selective abortions, but fertility can rise or fall with rising sex ratio. Fertility may rise (fall) if there are more (less) women giving up unselective abortions for selective abortions than women giving up childbirths without test for selective abortions. Similarly the paper shows that the sex ratio can rise or fall, when fertility decreases as the cost of children increases. I test these propositions as well as their implications against micro survey data on the pregnancy history of Korean women.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 41-67 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Journal of Population Economics |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 Mar 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Fingerprint
Keywords
- Fertility
- Gender control
- Selective and unselective abortion
- Sex selection
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Demography
Cite this
Sex selection and fertility in a dynamic model of conception and abortion. / Kim, Jinyoung.
In: Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 18, No. 1, 01.03.2005, p. 41-67.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex selection and fertility in a dynamic model of conception and abortion
AU - Kim, Jinyoung
PY - 2005/3/1
Y1 - 2005/3/1
N2 - This paper investigates the effect of prenatal sex selection on fertility through a stochastic dynamic model with uncertainty in conception as well as in gender, where a woman makes decisions on conception and abortion with or without gender detection tests (i.e. sex-selective or sex-unselective abortion). The paper shows that, when the cost of gender detection test falls, the sex ratio at birth rises due to more selective abortions, but fertility can rise or fall with rising sex ratio. Fertility may rise (fall) if there are more (less) women giving up unselective abortions for selective abortions than women giving up childbirths without test for selective abortions. Similarly the paper shows that the sex ratio can rise or fall, when fertility decreases as the cost of children increases. I test these propositions as well as their implications against micro survey data on the pregnancy history of Korean women.
AB - This paper investigates the effect of prenatal sex selection on fertility through a stochastic dynamic model with uncertainty in conception as well as in gender, where a woman makes decisions on conception and abortion with or without gender detection tests (i.e. sex-selective or sex-unselective abortion). The paper shows that, when the cost of gender detection test falls, the sex ratio at birth rises due to more selective abortions, but fertility can rise or fall with rising sex ratio. Fertility may rise (fall) if there are more (less) women giving up unselective abortions for selective abortions than women giving up childbirths without test for selective abortions. Similarly the paper shows that the sex ratio can rise or fall, when fertility decreases as the cost of children increases. I test these propositions as well as their implications against micro survey data on the pregnancy history of Korean women.
KW - Fertility
KW - Gender control
KW - Selective and unselective abortion
KW - Sex selection
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=15444365933&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=15444365933&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00148-004-0195-0
DO - 10.1007/s00148-004-0195-0
M3 - Article
VL - 18
SP - 41
EP - 67
JO - Journal of Population Economics
JF - Journal of Population Economics
SN - 0933-1433
IS - 1
ER -