The excess female mortality in India and other South Asian countries is no longer contentious. Less known are the … reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in … the analysis. Place of death, which indicates whether a person get medical help immediately before her/his death, is used …

parental mortality. Results: Based on 7 measures of sex composition, we find no protective effect of sons in either China or … Taiwan. For example, in the 1989 Taiwan sample, the hazard ratio for maternal mortality associated with having an eldest son … is 0.979 (95% CI (0.863, 1.111). In Taiwan, daughters may have been more beneficial than sons in reducing mortality in …

This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality … indicators of earlylife conditions. The empirical analysis estimates bivariate duration models of marriage and mortality … important for marriage and mortality. Men typically enjoy a protective effect of marriage on mortality, whereas women suffer …

This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality … indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical analysis estimates bivariate duration models of marriage and mortality … important for marriage and mortality. Men typically enjoy a protective effect of marriage on mortality, whereas women suffer …

We analyze child mortality in Vietnam focusing on gender aspects. Contrary to several other countries in the region …, mortality rates for boys are substantially larger than for girls. A large rural-urban mortality difference exists, but much more … so for boys than for girls. A higher education level of the mother reduces mortality risk, but the effect is stronger for …

worsens the relative health and mortality outcomes for children in firstborn female families. Second, we examine if the gender … consequences on surviving children. Exploiting the intertemporal variation in the implementation of a ban on sex-screening and sex …

We analyze child mortality in Vietnam focusing on gender aspects. Contrary to several other countries in the region …, mortality rates for boys are substantially larger than for girls. A large rural-urban mortality difference exists, but much more … so for boys than for girls. A higher education level of the mother reduces mortality risk, but the effect is stronger for …