Parental Preferences over Children\'s Sex:The Case Study of Iran (in Persian)

Milad Khatib Shahidi and Farshad Fatemi
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Milad Khatib Shahidi: London School of Economics

The Journal of Planning and Budgeting (٠صلنامه برنامه ریزی و بودجه), 2018, vol. 23, issue 1, 29-57

Abstract: The question of whether parents have preferences over their children’s sexes has long been of interest to economists and demographers. In this study, we first investigate the presence of these preferences among Iranian parents. Then, having established its existence, we next turn to characterize the quality of sex preference. There are two widely used methods for addressing this issue in the literature. The first is to estimate a Logit model which relates the probability of the birth of a new child to the sexes of its elder siblings. The second is to estimate a proportional hazard model that links the time interval before each birth to the sexes of preceding children. This study makes use of both methods. The results confirm the existence of sex preferences in Iran. Iranian parents are shown to favor a rather balanced mix of boys and girls, though boys seem to be slightly preferred over girls.

Keywords: Child Sex Ratio; Gender Discrimination; Fertility Behavior; Child Sex Selection; Parity Progression Ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J13 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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