Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
    • Supplementary Material
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
    • Request JHR at your library
  • Alerts
  • Call for Editor
  • Free Issue
  • Special Issue
  • Other Publications
    • UWP

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Journal of Human Resources
  • Other Publications
    • UWP
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
Journal of Human Resources

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
    • Supplementary Material
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
    • Request JHR at your library
  • Alerts
  • Call for Editor
  • Free Issue
  • Special Issue
  • Follow uwp on Twitter
  • Follow JHR on Bluesky
Research ArticleArticles
Open Access

Too Many Men, Too-Short Lives

The Effect of the Male-Biased Sex Ratio on Mortality

View ORCID ProfileSimon Chang, View ORCID ProfileKamhon Kan and View ORCID ProfileXiaobo Zhang
Journal of Human Resources, March 2024, 59 (2) 604-626; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0420-10845R3
Simon Chang
Simon Chang is a senior lecturer at the University of Western Australia, a research fellow at Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and a fellow at Global Labor Organization (GLO).
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Simon Chang
Kamhon Kan
Kamhon Kan is a research fellow at the Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Kamhon Kan
Xiaobo Zhang
Xiaobo Zhang is a chair professor at Guanghua School of Management at Peking University and senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ().
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Xiaobo Zhang
  • For correspondence: x.zhang{at}gsm.pku.edu.cn
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Supplemental
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

vol. 59 no. 2 604-626
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0420-10845R3
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received April 1, 2020
  • Accepted September 1, 2021
  • Published online March 18, 2024.

ARTICLE VERSIONS

  • Ahead of Print Version (Monday, November 15, 2021 - 7:12 AM).
  • You are viewing the final version of this article.
Copyright & Usage 
© 2024 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System This open access article is distributed under the terms of the CC-BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and is freely available online at: http://jhr.uwpress.org.

Author Information

  1. Simon Chang
  1. Simon Chang is a senior lecturer at the University of Western Australia, a research fellow at Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and a fellow at Global Labor Organization (GLO).
  1. Kamhon Kan
  1. Kamhon Kan is a research fellow at the Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica.
  1. Xiaobo Zhang
  1. Xiaobo Zhang is a chair professor at Guanghua School of Management at Peking University and senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ((x.zhang{at}gsm.pku.edu.cn)).
View Full Text

Article usage

Article usage: November 2021 to December 2025

AbstractFullPdf
Nov 2021149024
Dec 2021235082
Jan 2022154038
Feb 202291031
Mar 2022107022
Apr 202277021
May 2022219015
Jun 2022121017
Jul 202270019
Aug 202265020
Sep 202269018
Oct 2022103014
Nov 202279010
Dec 202265014
Jan 202380025
Feb 202366016
Mar 2023104015
Apr 202368032
May 2023126020
Jun 2023235017
Jul 202392032
Aug 2023233023
Sep 2023212018
Oct 202356029
Nov 202368024
Dec 202358023
Jan 202449038
Feb 202455538
Mar 202417016541
Apr 20242818440
May 2024735929
Jun 2024816424
Jul 2024726255
Aug 202489130100
Sep 2024828056
Oct 2024635537
Nov 2024686058
Dec 2024465232
Jan 2025444338
Feb 2025527651
Mar 2025516639
Apr 2025356936
May 2025354614
Jun 2025323819
Jul 2025377244
Aug 20253815784
Sep 20256030640
Oct 20256114756
Nov 20256824245
Dec 20255945873

Cited By...

  • 1 Citations
  • Google Scholar
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Journal of Human Resources: 59 (2)
Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 59, Issue 2
1 Mar 2024
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
  • Back Matter (PDF)
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Journal of Human Resources.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Too Many Men, Too-Short Lives
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Journal of Human Resources
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Journal of Human Resources web site.
Citation Tools
Too Many Men, Too-Short Lives
Simon Chang, Kamhon Kan, Xiaobo Zhang
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2024, 59 (2) 604-626; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0420-10845R3

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Too Many Men, Too-Short Lives
Simon Chang, Kamhon Kan, Xiaobo Zhang
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2024, 59 (2) 604-626; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0420-10845R3
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • I. Introduction
    • II. Historical Background
    • III. Data
    • IV. Empirical Analysis
    • V. Mechanisms
    • VI. Conclusion
    • Acknowledgments
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Supplemental
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Prescription for Disaster
  • Occupation and temperature-related mortality in Mexico
  • Employers’ Language Proficiency Requirements and Hiring of Immigrants
Show more Articles

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • I1
  • J1
UW Press logo

© 2026 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Powered by HighWire