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21 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16190
Unintended Consequences of Family Planning Policies on the Breastfeeding Gap between Sons and Daughters
Minhee Chae, Yong Cai, Jun Hyung Kim, William Lavely
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16073
Happiness in Old Age: The Daughter Connection
Pataporn Sukontamarn, Niaz Asadullah, Nopphawan Photphisutthiphong, Yen Thi Hai Nguyen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15838
Estimating the Effects of Expanding Ultrasound Use on Sex Selection in India
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Daniel Rosenblum
revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Development Studies, 2023.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15828
Do Fathers Have Son Preference in the United States? Evidence from Paternal Subjective Well-Being
Younghwan Song, Jia Gao
published online in: Review of Economics of the Household, 02 January 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15122
Son Targeting Fertility Behavior in Albania
Marie-Claire Robitaille, Joniada Milla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14653
Child Education-Induced Migration and Its Impact on the Economic Behaviors of Migrated Households in China
Weibo Yan, Peng Nie
published in: Applied Economics, 2023, 55 (7), 691-709
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13127
Sibling Spillover in Rural China: A Story of Sisters and Daughters
Cynthia Bansak, Xuan Jiang, Guanyi Yang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12374
Free Education Helps Combat Child Labor? The Effect of a Free Compulsory Education Reform in Rural China
Can Tang, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao
published in:[Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, 601–631
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11937
Strategic Fertility Behaviour, Early Childhood Human Capital Investments and Gender Roles in Albania
Louise Grogan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11930
Son Preference and Human Capital Investment among China's Rural-Urban Migrant Households
Carl Lin, Yan Sun, Chunbing Xing
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2021, 57 (12), 2077-2094
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11239
Women's Inheritance Rights Reform and the Preference for Sons in India
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Rachel Brulé, Sanchari Roy
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146 (C), 102275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11046
Teenage Daughters as a Cause of Divorce
Jan Kabátek, David C. Ribar
published as 'Daughters and Divorce' in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (637), 2144 - 2170
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11003
Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?
Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn, Peter Brummund, Jason B. Cook, Miriam Larson-Koester
published: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33 (3), 709-750
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10617
Did the Great Recession Affect Sex Ratios at Birth for Groups with a Son Preference?
Soohyung Lee, Chiara Orsini
published in: Economics Letters, 2017, 154, 48 - 50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10519
Risk Aversion and Son Preference: Experimental Evidence from Chinese Twin Parents
Soo Hong Chew, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang, Songfa Zhong
published in: Management Science, 2018, 64 (8), 3496 - 3970
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9679
The Price of Gold: Dowry and Death in India
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Abhishek Chakravarty, Selim Gulesci
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 143, 102413
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6929
Son Preference and Children's Housework: The Case of India
Tin-chi Lin, Alicia Adsera
published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2013, 32 (4), 553-584
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6847
It's a Boy! Women and Non-Monetary Benefits from a Son in India
Laura V Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5562
Prenatal Sex Selection and Girls' Well-Being: Evidence from India
Luojia Hu, Analia Schlosser
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5381
Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? Identification of Sex Selection in India
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Tom Cochrane
updating, under revision
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