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Does gender discrimination contribute to India's population imbalance? A household level analysis

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  • Sanjukta Chaudhuri

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Son preference in India results in abortion of female foetuses, and excess female infant mortality due to childhood neglect. Whether the increased use of abortion will reduce female infant mortality is a matter of debate. Using India's National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2005–2006, this paper demonstrates that after controlling for socioeconomic variables, an increase in the number of abortions will reduce female infant mortality. From a policy perspective, the results call for urgent enforcement of abortion laws to prevent its increasing abuse to abort female foetuses, and the need to encourage women's education to reduce both female mortality disadvantages.

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  • Sanjukta Chaudhuri, 2011. "Does gender discrimination contribute to India's population imbalance? A household level analysis," International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(4), pages 390-406.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijepee:v:4:y:2011:i:4:p:390-406
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    1. Yongchun Huang & Chengmeng Chen & Dejin Su & Shangshuo Wu, 2020. "Comparison of leading‐industrialisation and crossing‐industrialisation economic growth patterns in the context of sustainable development: Lessons from China and India," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(5), pages 1077-1085, September.

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