show, using data from a purposefully designed nationally representative survey for Bangladesh, that among women of … childbearing age, son bias in stated fertility preferences has weakened and there is an emerging preference for gender balance. We … analysis, we show that in contrast to stated fertility preferences, actual fertility decisions are still shaped by son …

, and migrant registry records in South Korea. I find that the total fertility rate in 2015 would have been 3% lower without …

In this paper, we show that the one-child policy has played a significant role in the decline of China's fertility. The … one-child policy had reduced China's fertility rate by an additional 11.5%, based on a year-on-year comparison with the … case if China had not implemented the policy. The methodology we introduced in estimating the number of “missing women …

with 7.7 - 12.5% higher incidence of fertility discontinuation among women without a son. This son-preferring behaviour is … whether, and to what extent, does the incidence of early marriage shape the married women’s perspectives on gender preference … in perpetuating disproportionate preference for boys. Women who married before turning 18 not only state a greater desire …

sex-selective abortions, the fertility decisions of Armenian, Georgian, and Azeri parents living in Russia in the late …

abortion. We then exploit the large regional and time variations in the incidence of prenatal sex selection to analyze whether …

abortion. We then exploit the large regional and time variations in the incidence of prenatal sex selection to analyze whether …

the practice of sex‐selective abortion. We then exploit the large regional and time variations in the incidence of …