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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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maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied … investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies …
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age on offspring human capital in terms of health and cognition. The analysis relies on mother fixed effects to allow for … phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age …. Interestingly, the Adolescent Motherhood, Human Capital, Child Development, Cognition, Health, Nutrition, Gender, Parenting effect …
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maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied … investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies …
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-unitary household models of family behavior posit that an increase in women's bargaining power can influence child health. We study the … children. In addition, we find evidence consistent with a channel that the policy improved the women's intrahousehold … bargaining power within the household, leading to improved parental investments for children. These study findings are also …
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care for children and improved child health. These results emphasize that children fare better when mothers control a …Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial … Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings …
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larger for girls, children from rural households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that health …Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses …
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children by parents, we instrument the family size by sex of the first child. We find a negative relationship between family … size and children's educational attainment, even after controlling for parent's characteristics and birth order of children …. The effects are heterogeneous. The trade-off is more pronounced in rural areas, for low-caste children, for illiterate …
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Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses … larger for boys, children from rural or poor households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that … health policies designed to improve birth weight could improve human capital in resource-poor settings. …
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relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large …
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