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Involuntary Bachelorhood in Rural China
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This paper argued that involuntary bachelorhood is a manifestation of the gendered features of the marriage system which work against low-class men and explored the nuptiality plights of involuntary bachelors.Abstract:
Despite the universality of marriage in Chinese society, involuntary bachelorhood exists, and is becoming an increasingly critical issue. While many studies have addressed the problem from the standpoint of demographic imbalance, we argue that the issue should be understood as a manifestation of the gendered features of the marriage system which work against low-class men. This understanding relates involuntary bachelorhood to the combined effects of spouse selection and marriage practices. To elaborate our argument, the present study explores nuptiality plights of involuntary bachelors. In particular, it examines their marginalisation in the marriage market, defiant choices in the face of market exclusion, and instability of marital relationships.read more
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Marriage squeeze and mate selection in China
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A Treatise on the Family
TL;DR: The Enlarged Edition as mentioned in this paper provides an overview of the evolution of the family and the state Bibliography Index. But it does not discuss the relationship between fertility and the division of labor in families.
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A Treatise on the Family
TL;DR: A Treatise on the Family by G. S. Becker as discussed by the authors is one of the most famous and influential economists of the second half of the 20th century, a fervent contributor to and expounder of the University of Chicago free-market philosophy, and winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in economics.
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The Methods and Materials of Demography
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an exposition of the methods used by technicians and research workers in dealing with demographic data and discuss the ways data on population are gathered, classified, and treated to produce tabulations and various summarizing measures that reveal the significant aspects of the composition and dynamics of populations.
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The Methods and Materials of Demography.
TL;DR: The ways data on population are gathered, classified, and treated to produce tabulations and various summarizing measures that reveal the significant aspects of the composition and dynamics of populations are discussed.
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Race and the retreat from marriage: A shortage of marriageable men?
TL;DR: In this article, a search-theoretic model of the transition to first marriage among young women in the United States was provided, which measured the pool of unmarried men relative to unmarried women in local marriage markets as well as the economic attractiveness of available men for each unmarried woman in the NLSY [National Longitudinal Survey of Youth].