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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...
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certain health investments, including children's diets. Our results support the notion that traditional gender roles can …This paper studies the causal effect of maternal and paternal unemployment on child health in China, analyzing panel … paternal unemployment reduces child health, while maternal unemployment has beneficial child health impacts. Analysis of …
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This paper examines the impact of fetal exposure to air pollution on low-stakes test performance across a broad age …
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adults' well-being indirectly through the health of their children. Results show that ozone decreases the well-being of … workdays to care for a sick child, providing evidence on the children's health channel to adults' welfare losses. …This paper uses a panel of German individuals and highly granular pollution data to test if air pollution affects …
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