mortality risk in Sri Lanka between 1946 and 1953, which creates a sharp increase in life expectancy for school-age girls … geographic variation, we find that the 70% reduction in maternal mortality risk over the sample period increased female life …

mortality risk in Sri Lanka between 1946 and 1953, which creates a sharp increase in life expectancy for school-age girls … geographic variation, we find that the 70% reduction in maternal mortality risk over the sample period increased female life …

mortality risk in Sri Lanka between 1946 and 1953, which creates a sharp increase in life expectancy for school-age girls … geographic variation, we find that the 70% reduction in maternal mortality risk over the sample period increased female life …

We investigate empirically the impact of maternal mortality on the enrolment rate of girls and boys at the primary and … girls and boys, with the negative greater for girls than for boys. For girls, the negative effect of maternal mortality is … secondary levels. We also examine whether the effect of maternal mortality on enrolment is strengthened or weakened by religion …

contribute to their human capital accumulation, and (ii) households perceive lower returns to investing in older girls than in …