fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973 … mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and … shrinking of the gap between actual and desired fertility. Heterogeneity in fertility responses suggests a shift in the …

importance of commonly cited factors, such as mother's education and age, household wealth, and child birth order. However, the …