Ridhi Kashyap- Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Ridhi Kashyap discusses the demographic implications of one of the most striking expressions of gender inequalty — son preference. Kashyap examines both the postnatal manifestations of son preference in the form of gender gaps in mortality and health, as well as in the prenatal manifestations in the form of sex-selective abortion and sex ratio at birth distortions. Kashyap also looks at the long-term implications of son preference and sex ratio distortions for population dynamics.