Son preference and child under nutrition in the Arab countries: is there a gender bias against girls?
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- Mesbah Fathy Sharaf & Ahmed Shoukry Rashad & Elhussien Ibrahim Mansour, 2019. "Son Preference and Child Under nutrition in the Arab Countries: Is There a Gender Bias against Girls?," Middle East Development Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 199-219, July.
- Mesbah Fathy Sharaf & Ahmed Shoukry Rashad & Elhussien Ibrahim Mansour, 2019. "Son Preference and Child Under nutrition in the Arab Countries: Is There a Gender Bias against Girls?," Middle East Development Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 205-230, July.
- Sharaf, Mesbah & Rashad, Ahmed & Mansour, El-Hussien, 2019. "Son Preference and Child Under Nutrition in the Arab Countries: Is There a Gender Bias Against Girls?," Working Papers 2019-8, University of Alberta, Department of Economics.
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- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
- 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
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