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New evidence on the causal link between the quantity and quality of children
Angrist, Joshua D. (contributor); Lavy, Victor (contributor) - 2006
the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the purposes of this … from one subsample suggest that first-born girls from large families marry sooner. -- fertility ; quantity-quality trade … the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the purposes of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003309272
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Multiple births, birth quality and maternal labor supply : analysis of IVF reform in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2019
In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003. Following publication of medical evidence showing that pregnancy success rates could be maintained using single rather than multiple embryo transfers, the single embryo transfer (SET)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054653
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Son preference and human capital investment among China's rural-urban migrant households
Lin, Carl; Sun, Yan; Xing, Chunbing - 2018
We use several datasets to study whether son preference prevails in the human capital investment among Chinese rural-urban migrant households. We find that son preference exists among the rural migrants' households and that it caused lower probabilities relative to that of their boy counterparts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011946978
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The effects of conflict on fertility : evidence from the genocide in Rwanda
Schindler, Kati; Brück, Tilman; Di Maio, Michele; … - 2019
This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the … through which conflict influences fertility. First, the type of violence exposure as measured by the death of a woman's child …-level sex ratio. Results indicate that the genocide had heterogeneous effects on fertility, depending on the type of violence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005503
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Is son preference disappearing from Bangladesh?
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Mansoor, Nazia; Randazzo, Teresa - 2020
childbearing age, son bias in stated fertility preferences has weakened and there is an emerging preference for gender balance. We … analysis, we show that in contrast to stated fertility preferences, actual fertility decisions are still shaped by son …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390509
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Motherhood, pregnancy or marriage effects?
Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Mata, Dolores de la; … - 2021
The existence of large child penalties has been documented for multiple countries and time periods. In this paper, we assess to what extent marriage decisions and pregnancies (rather than live births), which tend to occur around the birth of the first child, explain part of the so-called...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698122
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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016
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 after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543967
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The effect of a sibling's gender on earnings, education and family formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Webbink, Herman Dinand - 2015
We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the very existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283095
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The effect of trade liberalization on marriage and fertility : evidence from Indian census
Sengupta, Shruti; Azam, Mehtabul - 2022
fertility rates among young women aged 15-34 years. We exploit the fact that countrywide tariff reductions varied across … reduced fertility rate mostly in rural areas. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472042
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The impact of Margaret Sanger's birth control clinics on early 20th century U.S. fertility and mortality
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Grimm, Michael; Hajo, Cathy Moran - 2023
administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276962