On the Quantity and Quality of Girls : Fertility, Parental Investments, and Mortality
The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. This paper examines the impacts of this on girl relative to boy mortality rates after birth, using data from 1973-2005....
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/251111599659492315/On-the-Quantity-and-Quality-of-Girls-Fertility-Parental-Investments-and-Mortality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34476 |