On the Quantity and Quality of Girls : Fertility, Parental Investments, and Mortality

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...

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Main Authors: Anukriti, S., Bhalotra, Sonia, Tam, Eddy H.F.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35531