This paper examines whether the son preference and fertility behavior of Muslim couples respond to the risk of … exploits cross-sectional and time variation in the application of the Islamic inheritance exclusion rule in Indonesia: between … Muslim couples more affected by the exclusion rule exhibit stronger son preference, practice sex-differential fertility …

This paper examines whether the son preference and fertility behavior of Muslim couples respond to the risk of … exploits cross-sectional and time variation in the application of the Islamic inheritance exclusion rule in Indonesia: between … Muslim couples more affected by the exclusion rule exhibit stronger son preference, practice sex-differential fertility …

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 …

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 …

their fertility choices in the context of son-preference in rural India. We use the NFHS-3 data and exploit the variation in … counterparts. We find evidence that the fertility increase was a result of women being able to use the stopping rule more … allowed women to increase fertility to realize her son preference …