Prenatal Sex Selection and Girls’ Well-Being

Evidence from India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9711432
AutoresLuojia Hu (0000-0003-1660-6536, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), Analia Schlosser (0000-0001-6283-8632, The Eitan Berglas School of Economics)
Año2015
Volumen125
Número587
Páginas1227-1261
Fecha de publicación2015-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/ecoj.12259
OpenAlexW3124417486
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas27
Referencias citadas48

We study the impacts of prenatal sex selection on girls' well‐being in India. We show that high sex ratios at birth reflect the practice of prenatal sex selection and apply a triple difference strategy to examine whether changes in health outcomes of girls relative to boys within states and over time are systematically associated with changes in sex‐ratios at birth. We find that an increase in prenatal sex selection leads to a reduction in girls' malnutrition, in particular, underweight and wasting. We further explore various underlying channels linking between prenatal sex selection and girls' outcomes

Body mass index · Malnutrition · Population · Selection (genetic algorithm · Sex ratio · Sex selection · Sociology · Underweight · Wasting · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Endocrinology · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology