Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Chakravarty, Abhishek; Mookherjee, Dilip - 2016
unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West … Bengal, and find that it increased child survival and reduced fertility. However, we also find that it intensified son … preference in families without a first-born son to inherit the land title. These families exhibit no reduction in fertility, an …
