administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …

fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973 …-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more … mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and …

This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the … through which conflict influences fertility. First, the type of violence exposure as measured by the death of a woman's child …-level sex ratio. Results indicate that the genocide had heterogeneous effects on fertility, depending on the type of violence …

Study, we identify adults of childbearing age whose fertility was reduced. We find LLF exposure increases the likelihood of …