Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64190 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
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Working Paper No. 2009-06
Publisher: 
University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics, Amherst, MA
Abstract: 
This paper empirically tests for two competing explanations of the increasing sex ratio at birth (SRB) in India: hepatitis B and human intervention. Estimating a male- preferring stopping rule with data from three rounds of the National Family Health Survey in India (1992, 1998 and 2005), I find that the probability of a male birth varies significantly across birth parities. Using a novel proxy for hepatitis B in India - tribal status - I also find that hepatitis B has no impact on the probability of male birth. I conclude that human intervention explains the increasing SRB in India.
JEL: 
J1
J7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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