@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp6273,
            	author={Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude and Rosenblum, Daniel},
            	title={The Indian Ultrasound Paradox},
            	year={2012},
	month={Jan},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={6273},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6273},
	abstract={The liberalization of the Indian economy in the 1990s made prenatal ultrasound technology affordable and available to a large fraction of the population. As a result, ultrasound use amongst pregnant women rose dramatically in many parts of India. This paper provides evidence on the consequences of the expansion of prenatal ultrasound use on sex-selection. We exploit state-by-cohort variation in ultrasound use in India as a unique quasi-experiment. We find that sex-selective abortion of female fetuses is rising in states with a slow expansion of ultrasound relative to those states with a rapid expansion of ultrasound. Thus, our findings suggest that the recent rapid spread of ultrasound is not causing higher rates of sex-selection in India.},
	keywords={ultrasound;sex-selective abortion;India},
            }