effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the consequences of sterilization on maternal health. To do so, we take advantage of …One-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong … son preference and women are more likely to be sterilized when their first-born is male. Second, Indian households face …

better self-rated health in Western German mothers and fathers aged 50+, but its relationship with Eastern German women … biosocial pathways playing an important role in shaping the fertility-health-nexus. Specifically, the Western German "male … "normative" life course track supposedly had adverse effects on women's health in West Germany. …

long been battle grounds for the often rancorous debates about the provisions of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law. In …-appropriate health and sexuality education in schools. Critics then raised a public health concern, saying that exposing children to … reproductive health care, especially mandatory sexuality education, leads to earlier sexual initiation and higher rates of sexual …

In developing countries, women's decisions concerning their children's health depend on 'empowerment' concerning … poverty measurement. The health of children is a latent variable; their height and weight are observed health indicators. We … apply the 'MIMIC' approach to the 2009 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. Children’s health is better when the woman …

, male health improvements delay the transition and the take-off because ceteris paribus they raise fertility. According to …We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we … investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better …

growth. By contrast, male health improvements delay the transition and take-off because ceteris paribus they raise fertility …We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. We do this through … children against investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We …

, male health improvements delay the transition and the take-off because ceteris paribus they raise fertility. According to …We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we … investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better …