mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and … shrinking of the gap between actual and desired fertility. Heterogeneity in fertility responses suggests a shift in the …

effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the consequences of sterilization on maternal health. To do so, we take advantage of …One-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong … son preference and women are more likely to be sterilized when their first-born is male. Second, Indian households face …

For more than a hundred years, advances in development were associated with decreasing fertility rates. This led to … total fertility rates far below replacement level in most developed countries. However, during the last decade fertility … human development index (HDI) with the total fertility rate (TFR) reverses from negative (increases in HDI are associated …