Does the Shortage of Marriageable Women Induce the Trafficking of Women for Forced Marriage? Evidence From China
This article examines whether a shortage of marriageable women induces trafficking of women for forced marriage in China as commonly expected. I assemble a data set of 1,215 transactions of women for forced marriage from 2010–2018 using court documents. My analysis suggests that the trafficking of w...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2022
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Violence against women
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 6/7, Pages: 1441-1463 |
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Summary: | This article examines whether a shortage of marriageable women induces trafficking of women for forced marriage in China as commonly expected. I assemble a data set of 1,215 transactions of women for forced marriage from 2010–2018 using court documents. My analysis suggests that the trafficking of women is not a direct consequence of the local shortage of marriageable women. The fundamental causes are entrenched patriarchal values as indicated by a high local sex ratio at birth, sex-specific internal migration, and the marriage squeeze endured by socially marginalized men in the context of a shortage of women in the population. |
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ISSN: | 1552-8448 |
DOI: | 10.1177/10778012211014565 |