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In rural areas of most developing countries, intergenerational coresidence is both widespread and an important determinant of well-being for the elderly. Most parents want at least one adult child to remain at home (e.g., so they can work on the family farm or provide care and assistance around...
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breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases … suggest that the gender gap in breastfeeding explains 14 percent of excess female child mortality in India, or about 22 …
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inequality in those health investments in India. A simple theory of gender-biased parental investment suggests that gender … relationship between gender balance in vaccinations and the availability of quot;Health Campsquot; in India. I find support for a …
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We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, based on the Young Lives … Survey. India has over 70 million children aged 0-5 who are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production …
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plausibly random. Given a strong son-preference in India, parents tend to have more children if the first born is a girl. Our IV …
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India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this … patterns in the data indicate that India's culture of eldest son preference plays a key role in explaining the steeper birth … if he is the eldest son. Third, the India-Africa height deficit is largest for daughters with no older brothers, which …
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particularly child marriage, in Sub-Saharan Africa and in India, where substantial monetary or in-kind transfers occur with … marriage: bride price across Sub-Saharan Africa and dowry in India. In a simple equilibrium model of the marriage market in … two regions: in Sub-Saharan Africa, they increase the annual hazard into child marriage by 3%, while in India droughts …
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What is the impact of regulatory reforms that enhance credit market efficiency on children’s human capital? Using a parent-child panel dataset, we find that such reforms reduced children’s academic performance in low-income families. Consistent with the view that financial development...
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Although previous research has not always found that boys and girls are treated differently in rural India, son …
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