with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the …"Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for … breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases …

mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and …The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female … shrinking of the gap between actual and desired fertility. Heterogeneity in fertility responses suggests a shift in the …