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On the Quantity and Quality of Girls: Fertility, Parental Investments and Mortality.
- Source :
- Economic Journal; Jan2022, Vol. 132 Issue 641, p1-36, 36p, 9 Charts, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2022
-
Abstract
- Access to prenatal sex-detection technology in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of girls. We find that it has also narrowed the gender gap in under-five mortality, consistent with surviving girls being more wanted than aborted girls. For every three aborted girls, one additional girl survived to age five. Mechanisms include moderation of son-biased fertility stopping and narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments. However, surviving girls are more likely to be born in lower-status families. Our findings have implications not only for counts of missing girls but also for the later life outcomes of girls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FERTILITY
GENDER inequality
MORTALITY
GIRLS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00130133
- Volume :
- 132
- Issue :
- 641
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Economic Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154595624
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab035