surveys in 1993-94 and 2004-05. Although total fertility rates have declined for the country as a whole and for all states …

discriminatory practices affected fertility and sex-specific mortality during infancy and childhood during economic crises in an area … economic stress, fertility, and sex ratios at baptism: high-price years were followed by a decline in the number of registered … economic stress, mortality, and sex ratios at death. Using death registers further supports this interpretation, since our …

participation remain largely country-specific. Nonetheless, rising education levels and declining fertility consistently increased …

participation remain largely country-specific. Nonetheless, rising education levels and declining fertility consistently increased …

participation remain largely country-specific. Nonetheless, rising education levels and declining fertility consistently increased …

India using the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS). Endogeneity of fertility is addressed using instruments and … India. Once endogeneity of fertility is addressed, there is no evidence for a negative birth order effect or sibling sex …

apply a new "flow" measure of "missing women" to estimate the extent of gender bias in mortality in developing countries …. Contrary to the existing literature, they find that the problem of gender bias in mortality is as severe among adults as it is … among children in India, that gender bias in mortality is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in China and India, and that …

yearly excess female deaths, referred to as the ’flow of missing women’, suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger … Asia. We argue that these findings largely rely on the choice of the reference standard for sex-specific mortality and an … "Strom fehlender Frauen" bezeichnet werden, darauf hin, dass die geschlechtsspezifische Verzerrung der Sterblichkeit viel …

yearly excess female deaths, referred to as the 'flow of missing women', suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger … Asia. We argue that these findings largely rely on the choice of the reference standard for sex-specific mortality and an …

comparing actual age-sex-specific mortality rates with "expected" ones. Contrary to the existing literature on missing women …, they, and the World Bank which subsequently followed this method, find that gender bias in mortality is much larger than … reference standard for sex-specific mortality from rich countries that is inappropriately applied to settings in developing …