female child mortality in India, or about 22,000 "missing girls" each year …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 …

plausibly random. Given a strong son-preference in India, parents tend to have more children if the first born is a girl. Our IV …

India's male-biased sex ratio has worsened over the past several decades. In combination with the increased … availability of prenatal sex-diagnostic technology, the declining fertility rate is a hypothesized factor. Suppose a couple …. This paper empirically measures the relationship between desired fertility and the sex ratio. Standard survey questions on …

This article discusses son preference in India, including both greater investment in sons and the fertility preference … eldest sons, whom parents favor, and other sons. Fertility preferences likewise center on eldest sons. The desire to have at …

intergenerational altruism. Thus, immigrants may be self-selected on fertility. Soviet Jews who migrate to Israel despite high migration …. Selection on altruism can explain why historically immigrant-absorbing countries like the U.S. have higher fertility than other …

access to educational opportunities could permanently reduce inequality. Empirical evidence suggests that the fertility …

fertility of an innovation in generating more innovations cannot be observed. The menu of patent scope can be implemented with … mandated buyout fees. Evidence of heterogeneous fertility and patent obsolescence, keys to the model, are presented using …