positive selection in the health of the children being born. I use a family planning intervention which gave thousands of long … mothers, with Black mothers experiencing a greater reduction in magnitude, but smaller reductions as a percentage of the …

, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender … fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …

This paper documents a counter-cyclical pattern in the health of children, and examines whether this pattern is due to … selection of mothers choosing to give birth or due to behavioral changes. We study the relationship between the unemployment … post-neonatal mortality. These health improvements are attributable both to selection (differences in the type of mothers …

This paper documents a counter-cyclical pattern in the health of children, and examines whether this pattern is due to … selection of mothers choosing to give birth or due to behavioral changes. We study the relationship between the unemployment … post-neonatal mortality. These health improvements are attributable both to selection (differences in the type of mothers …