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A Tale of Two Choices: Son Preference and Reproductive Outcomes in Uzbekistan

Dushamova, Khilola; Javed, Rashid; Suyunov, Gayrat; … - 2026

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A Tale of Two Choices: Son Preference and Reproductive Outcomes in Uzbekistan

Dushamova, Khilola; Javed, Rashid; Suyunov, Gayrat; … - 2026

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A tale of two choices : son preference and reproductive outcomes in Uzbekistan

Dushamova, Khilola; Javed, Rashid; Suyunov, Gayrat; … - 2026

In this study, we use data from the recent round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) to estimate the effect of son preference on reproductive behaviour in Uzbekistan. We find strong evidence of differential stopping and spacing behaviour among Uzbek women. Women are significantly...

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Updated methodology to quantify forest-sector employment : global and regional estimates

Lippe, Rattiya Suddeephong; Gurbuzer, Yonca; Carrillo, … - 2026

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Son preference, intergenerational household dynamics, and women's mental health in India

Anukriti, S; Herrera, Catalina; Hossain, Shahadat; … - 2026

We examine how son preference affects women's mental health across generations using original survey data from extended households in rural India. Leveraging exogenous variation in the sex of the firstborn child, we find that mothers-in-law (MILs) whose coresident daughter-in-law (DIL) had a...

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Cultural Momentum, Demographic Divergence, and Population Prospects in India, 2100: Son Preference as a Structural Driver of Fertility and Long-Term Projections

Yadav, Harsh; Goli, Srinivas - 2026

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Uncovering son preference cultures from migrants under endogenous destination selection

Liu, Kai; Liu, Xiangqing; Zhang, Anwen; Deng, Zhongliang - 2026

This paper examines the cultural component of son preference through rural-to-urban migration in China, using a large representative dataset covering migrants from all origins to all destinations. Employing a generalized Roy model with a control function approach, we show that conventional...

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Uncovering son preference cultures from migrants under endogenous destination selection

Liu, Kai; Liu, Xiangqing; Zhang, Anwen; Deng, Zhongliang - 2026

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Uncovering Son Preference Cultures from Migrants under Endogenous Destination Selection

Liu, Kai; Liu, Xiangqing; Zhang, Anwen; Deng, Zhongliang - 2026

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Measures of son preference and the treatment of girls in India

Kalsi, Priti - 2026

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Early-term abortion bans and sex selection after Dobbs v Jackson

Brown, Xin; Jergins, William - 2026

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Patriarchal norms and missing girls : evidence from the unintended consequences of Chinese reforms

Elliott, Robert J. R.; Melander, Eric - 2026

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Planning for family succession

Domnisoru, Ciprian; Miller, Robert Allen - 2025

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Planning for Family Succession

Domnisoru, Ciprian; Miller, Robert A. - 2025

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Factories and fertility : the impact of manufacturing growth on son preference

Bhukta, Rikhia - 2025

This paper investigates the unintended gendered effects of manufacturing growth in India, focusing on son preference. For identification, I leverage a place-based tax exemption policy under the Finance Act of 1994, which incentivized manufacturing sector investments in backward districts, and...

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Factories and Fertility: The Impact of Manufacturing Growth on Son Preference

Bhukta, Rikhia - 2025

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Social media and son preference: Evidence from India

Kumar, Praachi; Martorano, Bruno - 2025

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Planning for family succession

Domnisoru, Ciprian; Miller, Robert Allen - 2025

Sons succeed their exiting CEO parents more often than daughters. How do entrepreneurial families reach this gender imbalance, and how does it affect the prospects of their firms and their offspring? Using Finnish administrative data on firms linked to population register data on shareholders...

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Planning for family succession

Domnisoru, Ciprian; Miller, Robert Allen - 2025

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Gender and performance in collaboration : evidence from random student teams

Coveney, Max; García Gómez, Pilar; Bago d'Uva, Teresa - 2025

Should gender composition be taken into account when forming teams? This paper examines how the output of teams completing tasks similar to those performed in many workplaces is influenced by their gender composition. Leveraging an economics bachelor course in which students are randomly paired...

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The dual burdens of disability and gender norms : understanding disabled women's fertility in developing countries

Zhang, Yangyang; Zheng, Xinye; Maruyama, Shiko - 2025

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Is gender destiny? : gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility in India

Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2025

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Is gender destiny? : gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility in India

Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2021 - This version: March 22, 2021

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Son preference, family control and family member selection bias : evidence from Chinese listed family firms

Yu, Xiaodong; Sun, Shize; Liu, Xiaoyuan; Cheng, Xirong - 2025

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Missing women in colonial India

Fenske, James; Gupta, Bishnupriya; Neumann, Cora - 2025

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Missing women in Colonial India

Fenske, James; Gupta, Bishnupriya; Neumann, Cora - 2022

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Missing women in Colonial India

Fenske, James; Gupta, Bishnupriya; Neumann, Cora - 2022

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Social media and son preference : evidence from India

Kumar, Praachi; Martorano, Bruno - 2025

This research investigates the impact of exposure to the social media platform Twitter on son-biased fertility preferences for women in India, using information from over a million Tweets, combined with Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data on more than a million respondents. We apply an...

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Preference for sons: still a trend? Evidence from individual-level data from Finland, 1960–2015

Riukula, Krista - 2024

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Baby bonus, fertility, and missing women

Kim, Wookun - 2024

This paper presents novel causal evidence on the effects of pro-natalist cash transfers on fertility, sex ratio at birth, and infant health. In the context of South Korea, I exploit rich spatial and temporal variation in cash transfers provided to families with newborn babies and the universe of...

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Baby Bonus, Fertility, and Missing Women

Kim, Wookun - 2024

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Social norms and the impact of early life events on gender inequality

Luo, Wei; Huang, Wei; Park, Albert - 2024

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Social norms and the impact of early life events on gender inequality

Luo, Wei; Huang, Wei; Park, Albert - 2024

We study the influence of social norms in determining the impact of early life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961 on gender inequality. We model how social norms interact with adverse shocks to affect male and female survival chances and influence subsequent human capital...

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Reassessing the relationship between women's empowerment and fertility : evidence from India

Bose, Nayana; Das, Shreyasee - 2024

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Gender balance in the R&I field to improve the role of women in the energy transition : final report and annexes

Gareis, Karsten; Dashja, Eriona; Hüsing, Tobias; … - 2024 - First edition

This report assesses gender balance in the energy sector and identifies strategies for inclusivity. Women make up only 25% of the workforce in EU energy companies, marginally higher in senior roles. Women's involvement in research and innovation stands at 22%, with significant variations across...

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Jones, Melanie; Kaya, Ezgi - 2024

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Industrial, regional, and gender divides in British unemployment between the wars

Paker, Meredith M. - 2024

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Ten facts about son preference in India

Jayachandran, Seema - 2023

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Ten facts about son preference in India

Jayachandran, Seema - 2024

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Can abortion mitigate transitory shocks? : demographic consequences under son preference

Jung, Jaehyun - 2026

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War-driven permanent emigration, sex ratios, and female labor force participation

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Morin, Louis-Philippe - 2026

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Evaluating the impact on the sex ratio at birth of a Chinese pilot programme prohibiting prenatal sex selection

Cheng, Yudan; Li, Jichao - 2026

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Confucianism and Imbalance in the Sex Ratio at Birth in Modern China

Cao, Jia; Chen, Rongjie; Li, Minghao - 2026

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From sons to daughters : international marriage migration and sex imbalances at birth

Ahn, So Yoon; Jung, Jaehyun; Zha, Danyan - 2026

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Sex, lies and birth statistics : the mysterious case of the spanish missing women

Bagues, Manuel F.; Villa, Carmen - 2026

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Mothers’ education and son preference: evidence from China’s compulsory schooling laws

Yu, Sitian; Jin, Qirui; Liang, Yinhe - 2026

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Family-leave mandates and female labor at U.S. firms : evidence from a trade shock

Kamal, Fariha; Sundaram, Asha; Tello Trillo, Cristina J. - 2026

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Sex ratio and religion in Vietnam

Tien Manh Vu; Yamada, Hiroyuki - 2020

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Female Early Marriage and Son Preference in Pakistan

Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Rashid; Lorey, Thierry - 2023

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Female Early Marriage and Son Preference in Pakistan

Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Rashid; Lorey, Thierry - 2023

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Happiness in Old Age: The Daughter Connection

Sukontamarn, Pataporn; Asadullah, Niaz; … - 2023

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Coresiding with parents, son preference, and women's desire for additional children in Vietnam

Nguyen, Yen Thi Hai; Buh, Brian; Buber-Ennser, Isabella - 2023

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Unintended Consequences of Family Planning Policies on the Breastfeeding Gap between Sons and Daughters

Chae, Minhee; Cai, Yong; Kim, Jun Hyung; Lavely, William - 2023

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How Does Gender Quota Shape Gender Attitudes?

Chen, Yen-Chien; Fan, Elliott; Ho, Yu-Hsin; Lee, … - 2023

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Isolating a Culture of Son Preference Among Armenian, Georgian, and Azeri Parents in Soviet-Era Russia

Schief, Matthias; Vogt, Sonja; Churilova, Elena; … - 2023

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Happiness in old age : the daughter connection

Pataporn Sukontamarn; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; … - 2023

Family and intergenerational relationships are becoming increasingly important as sources of support and care for the elderly population in the rapidly aging Asian societies. However, this has also raised concern over the reinforcement of cultural preferences for sons as a source of old-age...

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Measuring maternal autonomy and its effect on child nutrition in rural India

Arulampalam, Wiji; Bhaskar, Anjor; Srivastava, Nisha - 2023

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The even darker side of gift-giving : understanding sustained exploitation in family consumption system

Liu, Chihling - 2023

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How does gender quota shape gender attitudes?

Chen, Yen-Chien; Fan, Elliott; Ho, Yu-hsin; Lee, … - 2023

Starting in 2002, each electoral district in Taiwan is required to reserve one seat for women out of every four seats at the local councils, creating a 'zigzag' function of female councilors proportion across districts. Using this function, we estimate the effects of exposure to female political...

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Isolating a culture of son preference among Armenian, Georgian, and Azeri parents in Soviet-era Russia

Schief, Matthias; Vogt, Sonja; Churilova, Elena; … - 2023

This paper analyzes historical census data from the final Soviet census in 1989. We find that, even in the absence of sex-selective abortions, the fertility decisions of Armenian, Georgian, and Azeri parents living in Russia in the late 1970s and the 1980s were significantly more son-biased than...

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Coresiding with parents, son preference, and women's desire for additional children in Vietnam

Nguyen, Yen Thi Hai; Truc Ngoc Hoang Dang; Buh, Brian; … - 2023

Due to strong filial piety, parents(-in-law) play an important role in their adult daughters' fertility decisions in Vietnam; women feel pressured to fulfil their duties to produce a male descendant for the family. However, rapid urbanisation and industrialisation mean that multigenerational...

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