sex diagnosis ; ultrasound ; gender ; India ; triple difference estimator ; differences in differences …

, female education and per capita monthly expenditure of households as well as by social groups. We find evidence of gender …This paper begins by highlighting some key characteristics of the demographic transition and child education and their … over the last three censuses of India there is considerable variation by space, by poverty status and by education of women …

We propose a unified growth model linking technology, education investment across genders, and fertility to explain … daughters' education given its higher return - due to the initial imbalance - thus improving gender equality in education and … increasing the opportunity cost of childrearing. Third, the narrowing of the education gender gap increases average human capital …

Using Census and NSS data this paper studies the evolution of Gender Bias (GB) in the age group 0-6 in India and its … association with education and higher prosperity. GB is pervasive and has grown over time with higher prosperity and resultant … demographic transition and enhanced education. The number of children in the age group 0-14 peaked in 2001 and has, since, been …