period. We also find that surviving girls are shorter. Second, using monthly time series data for 35 years, we again find …Dowry is often adduced as an explanation of son preference in India, but there is little evidence that dowry motivates … foetal and newborn girls, and on a scale much larger than "dowry deaths" amongst married women which have been the subject of …

fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys … gaps in breastfeeding and immunization, and complete convergence in the post-neonatal mortality rates of boys and girls …The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female …

The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female … 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 …

many participants who were told their blood-pressure was high went on to get a formal diagnosis of hypertension from a … medical practitioner. The effect of getting a formal hypertension diagnosis was to reduce the incidence of smoking and improve …

fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys … gaps in breastfeeding and immunization, and complete convergence in the post-neonatal mortality rates of boys and girls …The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female …