Changing Patterns of Son Preference and Fertility in Pakistan
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- Rashid Javed & Mazhar Mughal, 2022. "Changing patterns of son preference and fertility in Pakistan," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(6), pages 1086-1109, August.
- Javed, Rashid & Mughal, Mazhar, 2022. "Changing Patterns of Son Preference and Fertility in Pakistan," EconStor Preprints 248643, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
- Rashid Javed & Mazhar Mughal, 2021. "Changing Patterns of Son Preference and Fertility in Pakistan," Working Papers hal-03502510, HAL.
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Keywords
Son preference; Fertility; parity progression; Pakistan;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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