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The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys, and the relative chances of girls surviving...
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differentiated impacts is that the water reform induces parents to make complementary investments in education that favor girls …
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children born of about 0.6 million mothers in 38 developing countries in the 31 year period, 1970-2000. Mother's health is …
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IVF allows women to delay birth and pursue careers, but IVF massively increases the risk of twin birth. There is limited evidence of how having twins influences women's post-birth careers. We investigate this, leveraging a single embryo transfer (SET) mandate implemented in Sweden in 2003,...
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analysis of mechanisms reveals that the intervention modified the production function of children's skills, by lowering the …
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India, and find that it exacerbates it. Children born after the reform in families with a first-born daughter are 3 …
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