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Bhalotra, Sonia, Clots-Figueras, Irma and Iyer, Lakshmi (2021) Religion and abortion : the role of politician identity. Journal of Development Economics, 153 . 102746. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102746
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102746
Abstract
Debates around abortion typically invoke religion and politics but there is no causal evidence of the impact of politician religion on abortion. Leveraging quasi-random variation in politician religion generated by close elections in India and controlling for the party affiliation of politicians, we find lower rates of sex-selective abortion in districts won by Muslim state legislators, consistent with a higher reported aversion to abortion among Muslims compared to Hindus. The competing hypothesis that this reflects weaker son preference among Muslims is undermined by stated preference data and by demonstrating that fertility and girl-biased infant mortality increase in Muslim-won districts.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Q Science > QP Physiology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Abortion -- Religious aspects -- India, Abortion -- Political aspects -- India, Sex of children, Parental preferences for -- India, Sex preselection | ||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Development Economics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0304-3878 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | November 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 153 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Article Number: | 102746 | ||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102746 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||||||||
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