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One-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong emphasis on 'permanent' contraceptive methods rather than temporary ones. However, little is known about potential adverse effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the...
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Investigating preference for sons is a continuing focal area of development economics and demographic research. Son … preference presents a challenge in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of 'no poverty', 'good health and … children do not reflect the true extent of son preference in high fertility countries such as Pakistan, where the success of …
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fertility rates. Yet women often postpone childbearing in expectation of better times. Given the theoretical ambiguity, the … investigate whether the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers affects fertility in post-conflict settings. We study the case … peacekeepers have lower fertility rates in the deployment period. Furthermore, peacekeeping improves child health and fosters …
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demographic transformation in the past twenty years. On many dimensions of fertility and family formation, much of the region now … looks like Western Europe-below-replacement fertility rates, rising age at first marriage and first birth, and high and … increasing out-of-wedlock birthrates, characterize many countries formerly distinguished by replacement-level fertility and early …
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Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in...
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Lesotho is a small Southern African country that has introduced two national cash transfer programmes, the Old Age Pension and the Child Grant Programme. Although Lesotho has followed what has been called the 'Southern African model', the introduction of the Old Age Pension was not the result of...
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Aid beneficiaries know very little about development interventions in their own communities. This lack of transparency … and information is likely to reduce beneficiaries' ability and willingness to become active in local development. It may …
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Researchers often rely on household survey data to investigate health disparities and the incidence and prevalence of illness. These self-reported health measures are often biased due to information asymmetry or differences in reference groups. Using the World Health Organization study on global...
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In high HIV-prevalence contexts, marriage can lead to significant risks through spousal behaviours. Yet, individuals cannot rely on their spouse to reveal their HIV status. Couples' HIV testing and counselling can provide spouses with credible information about each other's HIV status. Using...
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