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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
The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543967
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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 - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 132 (2022) 641, pp. 1-36
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799234
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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
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296897
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Does universalization of health work? evidence from health systems restructuring and maternal and child health in Brazil
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodigo R. - 2016
We investigate restructuring of the health system in Brazil motivated to operationalize universal health coverage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571857
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Intergenerational Persistence in Health in Developing Countries: The Penalty of Gender Inequality?
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper is motivated to investigate the often neglected payoff to investments in the health of girls and women in … terms of next generation outcomes. This paper investigates the intergenerational persistence of health across time and … region as well as across the distribution of maternal health. It uses comparable micro-data on as many as 2.24 million …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764588
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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
The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559699
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Health and the Political Agency of Women
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
public health provision since the costs of poor services in this domain are disproportionately borne by women. Accounting for … are more likely to build public health facilities and encourage antenatal care, institutional delivery and immunization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403402
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Intergenerational persistence in health in developing countries: The penalty of gender inequality?
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - 2010
This paper is motivated to investigate the often neglected payoff to investments in the health of girls and women in … terms of next generation outcomes. This paper investigates the intergenerational persistence of health across time and … region as well as across the distribution of maternal health. It uses comparable micro-data on as many as 2.24 million …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278543