fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973 …-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more … mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and …

demographic consequences of the Rwandan genocide and how the excess mortality due to the conflict was distributed in the …

, despite the extensive spread of the virus, the mortality toll remains highly concentrated in high-income countries. Developing …