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-five mortality, consistent with surviving girls being more wanted than aborted girls. For every three aborted girls, one additional gi...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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