Replication data for: Fertility Decline and Missing Women

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Seema Jayachandran

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Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The desire for smaller families is conjectured as one reason the male-to-female sex ratio has increased with economic development in several countries. Families that strongly want at least one son are less likely to obtain him by chance at low fertility, which could increase their use of sex-selective abortion. This paper quantifies the relationship between desired fertility and the sex ratio in India by eliciting sex composition preferences at specified fertility levels. I find that the desired sex ratio increases sharply as fertility falls and that fertility decline explains one third to one half of India's recent sex ratio increase.

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Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms [Son preference, desired family size]
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      I21 Analysis of Education
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      O18 Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Haryana, India
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