Despite numerous measures intended to enhance gender equality, gender-specific study and career choices remain a … focusing on explicitly stated parental preferences for their children’s occupations, using a large-scale randomized survey … 105 pairs of occupations, and the respondents are not informed about the gender distribution of the two occupations …

, 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 … gaps in breastfeeding and immunization, and complete convergence in the post-neonatal mortality rates of boys and girls …

Understanding the malleability of gender norms is crucial to address gender inequalities. We study the effect of … parenting daughters on a gender role attitude relating to the traditional male breadwinner model: whether the husband should … earn and the wife stay at home. We control for other covariates that capture alternative explanations for gender role …

-biased stopping rules imply that estimates of the effect of gender on parental investments are likely to be biased because girls …Although previous research has not always found that boys and girls are treated differently in rural India, son … receive significantly more childcare time than girls. In addition boys are more likely to be breastfed longer, and to be given …

There is considerable debate in the literature as to whether boys and girls are treated differently in India. But son … properly identify the effects of child gender on parental investments. Using data from a time use survey they document gender … 10% more time than girls. They are also more likely to be breastfed for longer, given vaccinations and vitamin …

Understanding the malleability of gender norms is crucial to address gender inequalities. We study the effect of … parenting daughters on a gender role attitude relating to the traditional male breadwinner model: whether the husband should … earn and the wife stay at home. We control for other covariates that capture alternative explanations for gender role …