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fertility pressures on women, which favored late female marriages already in the pre-industrial era. The resulting family and … household patterns placed women into a better position to struggle for more gender equality during the subsequent transitions …-condition predict differences in pre-industrial female marriage ages, which in turn explain differences in gender equality today. The …
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The excess female mortality in India and other South Asian countries is no longer contentious. Less known are the reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in receipt of medical attention can be one of the most...
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schooling, and how that affects subsequent labour market outcomes of men and women. Using a nationally representative …
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schooling, and how that affects subsequent labour market outcomes of men and women. Using a nationally representative …
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This paper discusses two recent controversies surrounding levels and trends in the number of "missing women" in the … that the claim that a substantial portion of "missing women" is due to higher sex ratios at birth linked to hepatitis B …. -- Missing women ; fertility decline ; Hepatitis B ; sex-selective abortions ; gender bias in mortality …
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"The excess female mortality in India and other South Asian countries is no longer contentious. Less known are the reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in receipt of medical attention can be one of the most...
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The "missing women" dilemma in India has sparked interest in investigating gender discrimination in the provision of …
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