title: What makes a stopping rule sexist?
abstract: "Parents' decisions to have children are modeled by a simple stopping rule that describes the probability of having another child as a function of the number of boys and girls already born to the parents.  Because the stopping rule depends on the sex of the offspring, the rule may introduce a correlation between sex of offspring and the number of siblings the offspring has.  When this is coupled with a correlation between number of siblings and well-being, a correlation between sex and well-being may emerge despite equal treatment of the two sexes within each family.  The author provides sufficient conditions on a stopping rule for it to be sexist in the sense that the average well-being of one sex is higher than that of the other sex." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altmann
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009679:Nuclear Family; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011336:Probability; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012723:Sex; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012744:Sex Ratio; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Behavior; Daughters; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Family Size; Family Size, Completed; Inequalities; Mathematical Model; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Characteristics; Probability; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Sex Preference; Sex Ratio; Socioeconomic Factors; Sons; Statistical Studies; Studies; Value Orientation; World