Where There Is a Will: Fertility Behavior and Sex Bias in Large Families

• Autores: Tarun. Jain
• Localización: Journal of human resources, ISSN 0022-166X, Vol. 49, Nº 2, 2014, págs. 393-423
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Abstract:This paper demonstrates that the social institutions of lineage maintenance, patrilocality, and joint families have a significant role in explaining sex differences in survival and health outcomes in rural India. Tests using panel data from rural households support this explanation, which accounts for 7 percent of excess female mortality in Haryana and Rajasthan and 4 percent in Punjab. An institutional explanation suggests limits on the role for public policy in addressing large sex differences in health and mortality outcomes.