Journal Article
| 2013
Female Autonomy and Fertility in Nepal
We explore the effect of female autonomy on individual fertility in Nepal. We find that families where wives have high level of autonomy have fewer children than other families. Using gender of the first child as a natural experiment, we also find that son preferences are present in Nepal. Moreover, the results indicate that women have more influence when the first born is a boy, compared to when the first child is a girl. We discuss policy implications with respect to the problem of excess children due to son preference.
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1391561413477945
https://doi.org/10.1177/1391561413477945
Gender of children, education and occupational choice in Nepal
Dec 2010 - Jun 2014
