Trends in Prenatal Sex Selection and Girls' Nutritional Status in India

Luojia Hu and Analia Schlosser

CESifo Economic Studies, 2012, vol. 58, issue 2, 348-372

Abstract: We study whether changes in prenatal sex selection across regions in India are associated with changes in girls' nutritional status. We exploit geographic variation in the incidence of prenatal sex selection and apply a triple difference approach comparing changes in the nutritional status of girls relative to boys across regions and over time. We find a reduction in girls' malnutrition in regions with an increasing incidence of prenatal sex selection. (JEL codes: J13, J16, I1, O12) Copyright The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Ifo Institute, Munich. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2012
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