Development, Modernization, and Childbearing

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dc.creatorSchady, Norbert
dc.creatorFilmer, Deon
dc.creatorFriedman, Jed
dc.date2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date2009-11-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:18:35Z
dc.descriptionDoes the sex composition of existing children in a family affect fertility behavior? An unusually large data set, covering 64 countries and some 5 million births, is used to show that fertility behavior responds to the presence—or absence—of sons in many regions of the developing world. The response to the absence of sons is particularly large in Central Asia and South Asia. Modernization does not appear to reduce this differential response. For example, in South Asia the fertility response to the absence of sons is larger for women with more education and has been increasing over time. The explanation appears to be that a latent demand for sons is more likely to manifest itself when fertility levels are low. As a result of this differential fertility behavior, girls tend to grow up with significantly more siblings than do boys, with potential implications for their well-being when quantity–quality tradeoffs result in fewer material and emotional resources allocated to children in larger families.
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dc.identifierWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier1564-698X
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4507
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/4507
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416926
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectchildbearing
dc.subjectdiscrimination
dc.subjectexcess mortality
dc.subjectfamily preference
dc.subjectfertility
dc.subjectfertility behavior
dc.subjectfertility levels
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.subjectimmunization
dc.subjectinheritance
dc.subjectlarger families
dc.subjectmodernization
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectold age
dc.subjectpreference for sons
dc.subjectreproductive health
dc.subjectrural communities
dc.subjectsex
dc.subjectson preference
dc.subjecturbanization
dc.titleDevelopment, Modernization, and Childbearing
dc.titleThe Role of Family Sex Composition
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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