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Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? Identification of Sex Selection in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Cochrane, Tom - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
have not yet had their desired number of sons (or daughters). The three implied control groups are births that occur pre-ultrasound …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777152
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The Indian Ultrasound Paradox
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Rosenblum, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The liberalization of the Indian economy in the 1990s made prenatal ultrasound technology affordable and available to a … large fraction of the population. As a result, ultrasound use amongst pregnant women rose dramatically in many parts of … India. This paper provides evidence on the consequences of the expansion of prenatal ultrasound use on sex-selection. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416947
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Sibling Size and Investment in Children's Education: An Asian Instrument
Lee, Jungmin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This study consistently estimates the trade-off between child quantity and quality by exploiting exogenous variation in fertility due to son preferences. Under son preferences, childbearing and fertility timing are determined conditional on the first child's gender. For the sample of South...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822536
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Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict
Akresh, Richard; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Thirumurthy, Harsha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This is the first paper using household survey data from two countries involved in an international war (Eritrea and Ethiopia) to measure the conflict’s impact on children's health in both nations. The identification strategy uses event data to exploit exogenous variation in the conflict's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868141
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Surviving the Genocide: The Impact of the Rwandan Genocide on Child Mortality
Ciani, Federico; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Between April and July 1994 Rwanda experienced a tremendous wave of inter-ethnic violence that caused at least 500,000 deaths. Combining birth history data drawn from the 2000 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey with prefecture-level information on the intensity of the conflict, we examine the...
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Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi
verwimp, philip; Bundervoet, Tom; Akresh, Richard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We combine household survey data with event data on the timing and location of armed conflicts to examine the impact of Burundi’s civil war on children’s health status. The identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in the war’s timing across provinces and the exposure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762148
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Civil War, Crop Failure, and the Health Status of Young Children
Akresh, Richard; Verwimp, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Economic shocks at birth have lasting impacts on children’s health several years after the shock. We calculate height for age z-scores for children under age five using data from a Rwandan nationally representative household survey conducted in 1992. We exploit district and time variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703096
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Son Preference and Children's Housework: The Case of India
Lin, Tin-chi; Adsera, Alicia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Son preference in countries like India results in higher female infant mortality rates and differentially lower access to health care and education for girls than for boys. We use a nationally representative survey of Indian households (NFHS-3) to conduct the first study that analyzes whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705568
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It's a Boy! Women and Non-Monetary Benefits from a Son in India
Zimmermann, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute to the persistence of this phenomenon because they derive substantial long-run non-monetary benefits from giving birth to a son in the form of an improvement in their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887065
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Remember When It Rained: The Elusiveness of Gender Discrimination in Indian School Enrollment
Zimmermann, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Indian girls have significantly lower school enrollment rates than boys. Anecdotal evidence suggests that gender-differential treatment is the main explanation, but empirical support is often weak. I analyze school enrollment using rainfall shocks, a plausibly exogenous source of income...
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