mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and …-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more … shrinking of the gap between actual and desired fertility. Heterogeneity in fertility responses suggests a shift in the …

We investigate whether legislation of equal inheritance rights for women modifies the historic preference for sons in … increased excess female infant mortality and son-biased fertility stopping. This suggests that the inheritance reform raised the … costs of having daughters, consistent with which we document an increase in stated son preference in fertility post …

a 0.1 standard deviation increase in test scores, but only for girls. We show that a reason for the gender … water provision to narrow test score gaps across countries and, within countries, across gender. …

impacts. Women exposed to the war in their growing years exhibit reduced adult stature, increased likelihood of being … impacts of war exposure on education. War exposed men marry later and have fewer children. War exposure of mothers (but not …