Lee, S. and Orsini, C. (2018) Girls and boys: economic crisis, fertility, and birth outcomes. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 33 (7). pp. 1044-1063. ISSN 0883-7252
Abstract
We investigate the impact of an economic downturn on natality and birth weight for newborns when parents prefer sons. We examine South Korea, unexpectedly hit by the Asian financial crisis in 1997. For identification, we exploit regional and time variation in the crisis, focusing on women who were already pregnant when the downturn began. We find that the number of girls would have been 2% higher absent the crisis and that birth outcomes for girls were no better than those for boys—findings that differ from the Trivers–Willard Hypothesis. This relative disadvantage of girls is more severe among newborns who have at least two older siblings.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Applied Econometrics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2018 10:33 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2020 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2646 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/jae.2646 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:136196 |