We examine the relationship of child gender with family and economic outcomes using a large dataset from the Polish … Household Budgets' Survey (PHBS) for years 2003-2009. Apart from studying the effects of gender on family stability, fertility … gender on consumption patterns. We find that a first born daughter is significantly less likely to be living with her father …

bivariate as well as multivariate approaches prove only a weak causal relationship between the gender of household head and age …

mother preferred a son, but also when the mother did not have a preference for either gender. This tendency was not observed …

norms. Our evidence is consistent with gender- and generational norms intersecting to constrain married women's employment …

purposeful gender equity strategy. We again hypothesise and confirm that these household types significantly diverge, finding … both the women and men in the equity type often achieve positive outcomes regarding gender equity and economic and family …

increase not only when the mother preferred a son, but also when the mother did not have a preference for either gender. This …

mother preferred a son, but also when the mother did not have a preference for either gender. This tendency was not observed …