underrepresentation of women. Using individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County …

underrepresentation of women. Us- ing individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County …

underrepresentation of women. Using individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County …

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 after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

allocation. In this paper, we make two contributions: (1) we examine the depiction of race and gender in award-winning children …

40, or other placebo professions. To establish causality, I exploit Roe v. Wade, state laws restricting abortion …

This study examines the relationship between fertility decline and the reversal/narrowing of the gender gap in literacy … fertility would make girls more likely to live in a single-sex family, which in turn increases the share of human capital … exogenous variation in fertility due to China's family planning policy. Utilising the policy intensity information collected …