La masculinisation des naissances est un phénomène récent lié à la sélection prénatale en
fonction du sexe. Cet article fait le point sur l'état de la recherche récente à propos des …

Quand Amartya Sen lança il y a vingt-cinq ans son cri d'alarme sur les millions de femmes
manquant dans le monde, c'était avant tout la surmortalité féminine qui expliquait ce relatif …

While the rapid rise of the sex ratio at birth (SRB) in Asia and Eastern Europe is well
documented, the conditions surrounding its onset are poorly understood. Was the increase a …

This article examines the relationship between birth masculinity and socio‐economic levels
in China. Both 2000 and 2005 data suggest the presence of a non‐linear relationship …

In several countries of Eastern Europe, the sex ratio at birth is abnormally high. This is
especially the case in the Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) where it …

Several cultures in the world traditionally favor the birth of sons over that of daughters. This
preference drives various forms of discrimination against female births ultimately reflected in …

Résumé Une faible fécondité et une préférence pour les garçons sont à l'origine des taux
élevés de masculinité à la naissance constatés en Inde, en Corée du Sud et en Chine. Dans …

Social differences between men and women have long translated into significant variations
in occupational, economic, political or educational outcomes for them. A somewhat invariant …

A distinctive dimension of Asia's recent population dynamics has been its unexpected
“masculinisation”–the increasing proportion of males in its population. While the sex ratio of …

OBJECTIVE: To study whether the sex of the offspring is related to increasing parental age,
gravidity, and parity, hypothesizing an altered male-to-female sex ratio with the advancing …