Hazan, Moshe; Zoabi, Hosny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
indirect effect of returns to human capital on parents' preferences for sons and the resulting demand for children and … relative returns to human capital are sufficiently low, the bias in parents' preferences towards sons is relatively high, so … education. As returns to human capital increase, gender differences in producing income diminish, parents' bias towards sons …