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Convincing the Mummy-ji: Improving Mother-in-Law Approval of Family Planning in India

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  • S. Anukriti
  • Catalina Herrera-Almanza
  • Mahesh Karra
  • Rocío Valdebenito

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Mothers-in-law, especially those in South Asia, can exert significant influence over women, often even more so than women's husbands or other household members. Using data from rural India, we first show that mothers-in-law are more likely than husbands to (i) disapprove of women's family planning use and (ii) want women to have more children, particularly sons, than women themselves want. Next, using a field experiment, we show that providing women with vouchers for subsidized family planning services not only enabled them to initiate discussions about family planning with their mothers-in-law but also increased their mothers-in-law's approval of family planning.

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  • S. Anukriti & Catalina Herrera-Almanza & Mahesh Karra & Rocío Valdebenito, 2022. "Convincing the Mummy-ji: Improving Mother-in-Law Approval of Family Planning in India," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 112, pages 568-572, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:112:y:2022:p:568-72
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20221122
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    1. Lnu,Anukriti & Herrera-Almanza,Catalina & Karra,Mahesh Venkat, 2022. "Bring a Friend : Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10107, The World Bank.

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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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