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dc.contributor.authorChakraborty, Tanikaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-21-
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-14T11:06:56Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-14T11:06:56Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/62492-
dc.description.abstractThis paper exploits an exogenous shift in the trade policy in India to study the impact of industrialization on son preference. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that households are more likely to have a male child in regions with higher trade openness relative to regions with lower trade openness. Moreover, higher trade openness seems to have affected only the Hindu households; there is no analogous effect on the Muslim households. We further analyze the underlying mechanisms through which industrialization might have affected relative survival of daughters. We find a significant increase in real dowry payments in regions experiencing greater trade openness. Most interestingly, dowry inflation is experienced by the Hindu households, but not by the Muslim households. The results are robust to falsification tests using cohorts born much before the liberalization period and are not driven by systematic migration into areas with greater trade openness.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6647en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.jelJ18en
dc.subject.jelJ71en
dc.subject.jelO15en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordsex ratioen
dc.subject.keyworddowryen
dc.subject.keywordtrade liberalizationen
dc.subject.keyworddifference in differenceen
dc.subject.stwAußenhandelsliberalisierungen
dc.subject.stwIndustrialisierungen
dc.subject.stwGeburtenrateen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwHinduismusen
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwMuslimeen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwIndienen
dc.titleImpact of industrialization on relative female survival: Evidence from trade policies-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn718079213en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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