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Fenske, James, Gupta, Bishnupriya and Neumann, Cora (2022) Missing women in colonial India. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS), 1402 . (Unpublished)
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Abstract
We construct novel data on female population shares by age, district, and religion in South Asia from 1881 to 1931. Sex ratios skew male in Northern India and are more balanced in Southern and Eastern India, including Burma. Male-biased sex ratios emerge most visibly after age 10, and this is not specific to any one region, religion, or time period. Sikhs have the most male-biased sex ratios, followed by Hindus, Muslims, and Jains. The female share correlates across religious groups within districts. Evidence that sex ratios correlate with suitability for wheat and rice is weaker than suggested by the existing literature.
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947, Women -- India -- History, Sex differences -- India -- History, Sex discrimination against women -- India, Women's rights -- India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 | |||||||||
| Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) | |||||||||
| Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Economics | |||||||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 0083-7350 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | March 2022 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 1402 | |||||||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | |||||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
| Description: | This paper is also included in the CAGE Discussion paper series |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 March 2018 | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 12 March 2018 | |||||||||
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