@article{fdi:010064939,
  title = {{L}a masculinisation des naissances : {\'e}tat des lieux et des connaissances = {T}he masculinization of births : overview and current knowledge},
  author = {{G}uilmoto, {C}hristophe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{FRE}},
  abstract = {{T}he masculinization of births is a recent phenomenon resulting from prenatal sex selection. {T}his paper reviews recent research on imbalances in the sex ratio at birth and the corresponding mechanisms, determinants and future implications. {T}he mechanisms affecting the sex ratio at birth are reviewed, with an emphasis on factors relating to sex discrimination. {T}he figures available provide an overall picture of skewed sex ratios since the 1980s in {A}sian and {E}astern {E}uropean countries. {L}arge differences in the male surplus are also observed across birth orders, region and social group, owing above all to the conjunction of three phenomena: a preference for male children inherited from socio-familial systems, the emergence of assisted reproductive technology enabling prenatal sex selection, and a decrease in fertility that heightens the risk of not having a son. {R}ecent research has analysed the demographic consequences of the masculinization of births on the future composition of the population and explored how social systems may adjust to these imbalances, with political responses to prenatal discrimination still proving relatively ineffective. {T}he paper also reviews some of the main future research avenues.},
  keywords = {{S}ex discrimination ; gender ; fertility decline ; marriage market ; marriage ; squeeze ; assisted reproductive technology ; {A}sia ; {E}astern {E}urope ; {MONDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}opulation},
  volume = {70},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {201--264},
  ISSN = {0032-4663},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.3917/popu.1502.0201},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064939},
}