Haughton, Jonathan; Haughton, Dominique - In: Journal of Population Economics 11 (1998) 4, pp. 495-516
Son preference is widespread although not universal. Where it occurs it may lead to higher fertility rates. Ideally son … contraceptive use. Such models require large amounts of survey data, particularly to measure the covariates. Can son preference be … fuller models. Some, but not all, of the simpler tests accurately measure son preference, including estimating a simple …