The Importance of Being Wanted

We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have two extra...

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Main Authors:	Do, Quy-Toan, Phung, Tung D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets Industry Studies Population P230 Economic Sociology Economic Anthropology Social and Economic Stratification Z130
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5669

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spelling	okr-10986-56692021-04-23T14:02:23Z The Importance of Being Wanted Do, Quy-Toan Phung, Tung D. Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets Industry Studies Population P230 Economic Sociology Economic Anthropology Social and Economic Stratification Z130 We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have two extra months of schooling. The Vietnamese horoscope being gender-specific, this difference will be shown to be driven by birth planning. Children born in auspicious years are more likely to have been planned, thus benefitting from a more favorable growth environment. 2012-03-30T07:33:57Z 2012-03-30T07:33:57Z 2010 Journal Article American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 19457782 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5669 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Vietnam
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description	We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have two extra months of schooling. The Vietnamese horoscope being gender-specific, this difference will be shown to be driven by birth planning. Children born in auspicious years are more likely to have been planned, thus benefitting from a more favorable growth environment.
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