he creates includes the consideration of such matters as betrothal and marriage, conception and pregnancy, and women … African in outlook and content, since the term seems to have different meanings to African women from what it does for the …

developing world by defining the term "missing women" and estimating its number. In this paper we provide an update on the number … of missing women based on most recent demographic data. Our preferred estimate suggests that the number of missing women … Pakistan, India now has the highest share of missing females. While the most important correlates of excess female mortality …

years of life for both men and women for cohorts born 1906-1915. This association is close to linear but exhibits strong … association is stronger in places with greater incomes, higher quality of school, and larger investments in public health. Women …

On average, women comprise a smaller share of deaths from COVID-19. Variation in the share of COVID-19 deaths for women … hypothesize that women’s participation in the workforce is related to women’s share of COVID-19 deaths. I show that the percent of … the full-time workforce comprised by women is positively related to the percent of female Covid-19 deaths across countries …

Millions of women continue to die during and soon after childbirth, even where the knowledge and resources to avoid … this are available. We posit that raising the share of women in parliament can trigger action. Leveraging the timing of … mortality. Investigating mechanisms, we find that gender quotas lead to increases in percentage points of 5-8 in skilled birth …

Background: Maternal and neonatal mortality is high in South Asia. Recent studies have identifed factors such as … adolescent female fertility, healthcare spending is reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. The objective of this study is to … examine the efect of adolescent female fertility and healthcare spending on maternal and neonatal mortality in South Asian …