, 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 …

mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and … fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973 … shrinking of the gap between actual and desired fertility. Heterogeneity in fertility responses suggests a shift in the …

We investigate the effects of incentivizing early prenatal care utilization on infant health by exploiting a reform … that required expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one … health. We further provide suggestive evidence that improved maternal health-related knowledge and behaviors during pregnancy …

We investigated the effects of the timing of early prenatal care on infant health by exploiting a reform that required … expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one-time monetary transfer paid … deaths, we identified small but statistically significant positive effects of the policy on neonatal health. We further …