Affiliation:
1. University of Southern California, 12025 Waterfront Dr. Playa Vista, CA 90094 (e-mail: )
2. University of California Los Angeles, 9373 Bunche Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (e-mail: )
Abstract
Previous research has not always found that boys and girls are treated differently in rural India. However estimates of the effect of gender on parental investments could be biased if girls end up in larger families due to son-biased stopping rules. Using a novel identification strategy that exploits that gender at conception is random, we document that boys receive more childcare time than girls, they are breastfed longer and they get more vitamin supplementation. Compared to other developing countries, boys have an advantage in height and weight relative to girls. Neither greater needs nor anticipated family size explain the results. (JEL J12, J13, J16, O15)
Publisher
American Economic Association
Subject
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Cited by
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