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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP14752
	DP14752 Country of Women? Repercussions of the Triple Alliance War in Paraguay
	Jennifer Alix-Garcia; Laura Schechter; Felipe Valencia Caicedo; Jessica Zhu
发表日期	2020-05-13
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	Skewed sex ratios often result from conflict, disease, and migration, yet their long term impact remains less understood. The War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) in South America killed up to 70% of the Paraguayan male population. According to Paraguayan national lore, the skewed sex ratios resulting from the confliict are the cause of present-day low marriage rates, high rates of out-of-wedlock births and a generally male chauvinist culture. We collate historical and modern data to test this conventional wisdom in the short and the long run. We examine both cross-border and within-country variation in child-rearing, education and labor force participation in Paraguay over a 150 year period. We find that more skewed post-war sex ratios are associated with higher out-of-wedlock births, more female-headed households, and better female educational outcomes, even after the first returned to normal. Cross-country comparisons suggest that Paraguayan women are less likely to be employed than those in neighboring districts in Argentina and Brazil, but that within Paraguay, they are more likely to be employed where the sex ratio shock was more severe. The impacts of the war persist into the present, and are seemingly unaffected by variation in economic openness, uncertainty, or traditional norms.
主题	Development Economics ; Economic History
关键词	Conflict Gender Illegitimacy Female labor force participation Education History Persistence Paraguay Latin america
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp14752
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543676
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jennifer Alix-Garcia,Laura Schechter,Felipe Valencia Caicedo,et al. DP14752 Country of Women? Repercussions of the Triple Alliance War in Paraguay. 2020.