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The fertility-sex ratio trade-off : unintended consequences of financial incentives
Anukriti, S - 2014
Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex … an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to decrease both fertility and the sex ratio at birth. First, I construct a model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258158
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The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives
Anukriti, S - 2014
Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex … an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to decrease both fertility and the sex ratio at birth. First, I construct a model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352324
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The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives
Anukriti, S - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex … an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to decrease both fertility and the sex ratio at birth. First, I construct a model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884299
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Tariffs, social status, and gender in India
Anukriti, S.; Kumler, Todd J. - 2014
higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010248826
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - 2014
higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333315
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744667
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Health consequences of sterilizations
De La Rupelle, Maëlys; Dumas, Christelle - 2017
One-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong emphasis on 'permanent' contraceptive methods rather than temporary ones. However, little is known about potential adverse effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011656315
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Health consequences of sterilizations
De La Rupelle, Maëlys; Dumas, Christelle - 2017
One-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong emphasis on 'permanent' contraceptive methods rather than temporary ones. However, little is known about potential adverse effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943728
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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016
fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543967
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Gene-environment effects on female fertility
Barban, Nicola; De Cao, Elisabetta; Francesconi, Marco - 2021
Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012628750