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 …

long been battle grounds for the often rancorous debates about the provisions of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law. In …-appropriate health and sexuality education in schools. Critics then raised a public health concern, saying that exposing children to … reproductive health care, especially mandatory sexuality education, leads to earlier sexual initiation and higher rates of sexual …

In developing countries, women's decisions concerning their children's health depend on 'empowerment' concerning … poverty measurement. The health of children is a latent variable; their height and weight are observed health indicators. We … apply the 'MIMIC' approach to the 2009 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. Children’s health is better when the woman …