@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp9747,
            	author={Cameron, Lisa A. and Meng, Xin and Zhang, Dandan},
            	title={China's Sex Ratio and Crime: Behavioral Change or Financial Necessity?},
            	year={2016},
	month={Feb},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={9747},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9747},
	abstract={This paper uses survey and experimental data from prison inmates and comparable non-inmates to examine the drivers of rising criminality in China. Consistent with socio-biological research on other species, we find that China's high sex-ratios are associated with greater risk-taking and impatience amongst males. These underlying behavioral impacts explain some part of the increase in criminality. The primary avenue through which the sex-ratio increases crime, however, is the direct pressure on men to appear financially attractive in order to find a partner in the marriage market. These marriage market pressures result in a higher propensity to commit financially rewarding crimes.},
	keywords={sex-ratio;time preferences;risk-taking;marriage markets;crime;one child policy;China},
            }