With reference to substantial fall in fertility among illiterate women and rising of child schooling in India …

plausibly random. Given a strong son-preference in India, parents tend to have more children if the first born is a girl. Our IV … number of children and investments in education and health of their children. To address the endogeneity due to the joint … determination of quantity and quality of children by parents, we instrument family size with the gender of the first child which is …

plausibly random. Given a strong son-preference in India, parents tend to have more children if the first born is a girl. Our IV … number of children and investments in education and health of their children. To address the endogeneity due to the joint … determination of quantity and quality of children by parents, we instrument family size with the gender of the first child which is …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not …