Deadly discrimination: Implications of missing girls for workplace safety

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Tan, Zhibo; Wei, Shang-Jin; Zhang, Xiaobo
• 署名单位: Fudan University; International Monetary Fund; National Bureau of Economic Research; Columbia University; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); Columbia University; Peking University; CGIAR; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102678
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: Sex ratio; Accidental death; Competitive pressure; risk-taking

摘要

We examine an indirect but potentially deadly consequence of the missing girls phenomenon. A shortage of brides causes many parents with sons of marriageable age to work harder and seek higher-paying but dangerous jobs. In response, employers invest less in workplace safety, which in turn increases work-related mortality. Drawing from a broad range of data sets and taking advantage of large regional and temporal variations in sex ratios in China, we demonstrate that in areas with more severe shortages of young women, the cohort of parents with sons of marriageable age suffers a higher incidence of accidental injuries and workplace deaths.