Sood, Neeraj; Datar, Ashlesha; Ghosh, Arkadipta - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper examines whether increased background mortality risks induce households to make differential health investments in their high- versus low-endowment children. We argue that increases in background mortality risks may disproportionately affect the survival of the low-endowment sibling,...