(Forthcoming in Development and Change, Special Issue on Gendered Poverty and Wellbeing) GENDER BIAS IN CHINA, SOUTH KOREA AND INDIA, 1920-90: effects of war, famine and fertility decline

Gender bias in China, South Korea and India 1920-1990: effects of war, famine and fertility decline.

Gender Bias in China, South Korea and India 1920±1990: Eects of War, Famine and Fertility Decline

How has the history of the twentieth century a€ected the extent of female disadvantage in child survival in China, South Korea and India, and how has this in turn shaped spousal availability and marriage payments? These three countries have similar kinship systems which generate discrimination against girls, and they show the highest levels of excess female child mortality in the world. This ar...

Forecasting of Covid-19 cases based on prediction using artificial neural network curve fitting technique

Artificial neural network is considered one of the most efficient methods in processing huge data sets that can be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, prediction, forecasting etc. It has a great prospective in engineering as well as in medical applications. The present work employs artificial neural network-based curve fitting techniques in prediction and forecasting of the Cov...

A look at Asia's changing youth population.

This report summarizes findings from a recent East-West Center study on demographic and social changes among young people aged 15-24 years in 17 countries in East, Southeast, and South Asia. Nearly every country in Asia has experienced fertility decline. Decline began in Japan and Singapore during the 1950s, followed by declines in Hong Kong, South Korea, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Brunei, T...

Son Preference, Sex Selection and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence from South Korea

Motivated by high and rising sex ratios in countries such as India and China, we formulate a theoretical framework for analyzing the impact of economic development on parental sex choice when sons are culturally prized and children provide old age support. Two key assumptions drive our model. First, the cultural valuation of children vary not only with gender but also with marital status. In pa...