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Tradition and mortality : evidence from twin infanticide in Africa

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Fenske, James and Wang, Shizhuo (2020) Tradition and mortality : evidence from twin infanticide in Africa. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1317). (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Mortality of twins relative to singletons is no greater today among African ethnicities that once practiced twin infanticide. We introduce data on historic twin infanticide and merge it with birth records from 23 African countries. We use the full sample, a border sample of adjacent societies with and without past twin infanticide, and a sample of twins. All three samples provide no evidence that past twin infanticide predicts greater differential twin mortality today. Twin infanticide and negative attitudes towards twins were suppressed by Africans, missionaries, and colonial governments. Where these channels were weak, we find evidence of greater twin mortality today.

Item Type: Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Infanticide -- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Infants -- Mortality -- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Mortality -- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions, Twins, Mortality , Postpartum depression
Series Name: Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS)
Publisher: University of Warwick. Department of Economics
Place of Publication: Coventry
ISSN: 0083-7350
Official Date: December 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2020Available
15 December 2020Accepted
Number: 1317
Institution: University of Warwick
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Unpublished
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
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