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

children's nutritional status and mortality during the years since the diffusion of prenatal sex determination technologies in … India. We further examine various channels through which prenatal sex selection might affect girls' outcomes. Using repeated … associated with a reduction in excess female child mortality, or a reduction in son preference. …

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 …

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 …

India, and find that it exacerbates it. Children born after the reform in families with a first-born daughter are 3 … increased excess female infant mortality and son-biased fertility stopping. This suggests that the inheritance reform raised the …