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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016
fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543967
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
instrument fertility will under-estimate impacts of fertility on parental investments and women's labour supply. This is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577906
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Twin birth and maternal condition
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2018
implies that estimates of impacts of fertility on parental investments and on women's labour supply that use twin births to … instrument fertility will tend to be downward biased. This is pertinent given the emerging consensus that these relationships are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011896677
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The twin instrument : fertility and human capital investment
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2018
Twin births are often used to instrument fertility to address (negative) selection of women into fertility. However …, twin-IV estimates will tend to be upward biased. This is pertinent given the emerging consensus that fertility has limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925159
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
fertility on parental investments and on women's labour supply that use twin births to instrument fertility will tend to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594542
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War and stature : growing up during the Nigerian civil war
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - 2011
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523516
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On the quantity and quality of girls : fertility, parental investments, and mortality
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891004
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On the quantity and quality of girls : fertility, parental investments, and mortality
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012503574
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On the quantity and quality of girls fertility, parental investments, and mortality
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296897
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630379