, like India and China, fertility decline may deteriorate the already imbalanced sex-ratios. We use the fertility histories … fertility choices and offspring sex-ratios in India. Both within- and between-family-size differences in offspring sex … fertility decline, together with economic growth, may worsen India's already imbalanced sex-ratios. Thus, much needed fertility …

The severe anti-female bias in natality and child mortality that gives rise to India's missing women has been widely …

Dowry is often adduced as an explanation of son preference in India, but there is little evidence that dowry motivates …-in-discontinuities design, find that the gold price hike is mirrored in an increase in girl relative to boy mortality in the neonatal and infant … that cyclical variation in gold prices is reflected in excess girl mortality and, since the introduction of prenatal sex …

discriminatory practices affected fertility and sex-specific mortality during infancy and childhood during economic crises in an area … economic stress, mortality, and sex ratios at death. Using death registers further supports this interpretation, since our …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975 … impact on the household saving rate in both India and Korea, even after controlling for the usual suspects such as the aged … and youth dependency ratios and income. It has a negative impact in India, where the bride's side has to pay substantial …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using longterm time series … to females) has a significant impact on the household saving rate in both India and the Republic of Korea, even after … controlling for the usual suspects such as the aged and youth dependency ratios and income. It has a negative impact in India …

institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a …