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The “Missing Girls” of China and the Unintended Consequences of the One Child Policy

Avraham Ebenstein
Journal of Human Resources, January 2010, 45 (1) 87-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.1.87
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vol. 45 no. 1 87-115
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.1.87
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University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received February 1, 2008
  • Accepted September 1, 2008
  • Published online January 27, 2010.
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© 2010 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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