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On the quantity and quality of girls : fertility, parental investments, and mortality

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Anukriti, S., Bhalotra, Sonia and Tam, Eddy H. F. (2022) On the quantity and quality of girls : fertility, parental investments, and mortality. The Economic Journal, 132 (641). pp. 1-36. doi:10.1093/ej/ueab035

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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-5 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.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Abortion -- India, Contraceptives -- India, Human reproductive technology -- India, Sex preselection, Children -- Mortality -- India, Fertility, Human -- India
Journal or Publication Title: The Economic Journal
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0013-0133
Official Date: January 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2022Published
28 April 2021Available
14 April 2021Accepted
Volume: 132
Number: 641
Page Range: pp. 1-36
DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueab035
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The Economic Journal following peer review. The version of record S Anukriti, Sonia Bhalotra, Eddy H F Tam, On the Quantity and Quality of Girls: Fertility, Parental Investments, and Mortality, The Economic Journal, 2021;, ueab035, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab035 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab035
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Copyright Holders: © 2021 Royal Economic Society. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Economic Society.
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