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Preference for Boys, Family Size and Educational Attainment in India

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  1. Marc Klemp & Jacob Weisdorf, 2019. "Fecundity, Fertility and The Formation of Human Capital," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 129(618), pages 925-960.
  2. Nandi, Arindam & Sahoo, Soham & Haberland, Nicole & Ngô, Thoại D., 2023. "A glass ceiling at the playhouse? Gender gaps in public and private preschool enrollment in India," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
  3. Honghui Li & Masato Hiwatari, 2024. "Unveiling the direct and indirect effects of sibling size on happiness: evidence from adults in early and mid-adulthood in China," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.
  4. 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.
  5. Ea Hoppe Blaabæk & Mads Meier Jæger & Joseph Molitoris, 2020. "Family Size and Educational Attainment: Cousins, Contexts, and Compensation," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 36(3), pages 575-600, July.
  6. Björn Nilsson, 2019. "The School-to-Work Transition in Developing Countries," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(5), pages 745-764, May.
  7. S Anukriti & Sungoh Kwon & Nishith Prakash, 2018. "Household Savings and Marriage Payments: Evidence from Dowry in India," Working papers 2018-09, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  8. Shahjahan, Md & La Mattina, Giulia & Ayyagari, Padmaja, 2025. "The impact of the Female Secondary School Stipend Program on child health," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
  9. Mehtabul Azam, 2016. "Private Tutoring: Evidence from India," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(4), pages 739-761, November.
  10. Pradeep Kumar Choudhury & Amit Kumar, 2022. "How Much do Households Spend on Professional Higher Education in India? Results from a National Survey," Indian Journal of Human Development, , vol. 16(1), pages 77-96, April.
  11. Peng, Fei & Anwar, Sajid & Kang, Lili, 2022. "Number of siblings, access to treated water and returns to education in China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 526-538.
  12. Shuang Chen, 2020. "Parental Investment After the Birth of a Sibling: The Effect of Family Size in Low-Fertility China," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 57(6), pages 2085-2111, December.
  13. Surabhi Garg & Srijit Mishra, 2024. "Effect of demand and supply side factors on school education outcomes in India," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2024-013, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
  14. Cristina Borra & Ana Costa-Ramón & Libertad González Luna & Almudena Sevilla, 2021. "The causal effect of an income shock on children’s human capital," Economics Working Papers 1789, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
  15. Gitanjali Sen & Mitul Surana & Rakesh Basant, 2023. "To What Extent Does the Fertility Rate Explain the Education Gap?," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 42(3), pages 1-31, June.
  16. Wang, Qingfeng, 2018. "Son Preference and Human Capital," MPRA Paper 95411, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 01 Aug 2019.
  17. Tanusree Mishra & Tanmoyee Banerjee (Chatterjee), 2020. "Child marriage: some facts from selected Indian states," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 40(3), pages 2093-2110.
  18. Wang, Sophie Xuefei, 2025. "Long-term consequences of fertility on elderly labor supply," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
  19. Nooshin Rashti Mohammad & Ali Taieb Nia & Sajjad Barkhordari, 2024. "The Casual Effect of Family Size on the Human Capital in Iranian Society," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(1), pages 4056-4071, March.
  20. Fujimoto, Junichi & Meng, Xiangcai, 2019. "Curse or blessing: Investigating the education and income of firstborns and only boys," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 1-1.
  21. Mookerjee, Mehreen & Ojha, Manini & Roy, Sanket, 2023. "Family planning practices: Examining the link between contraception and child health," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
  22. Shruti Sengupta & Mehtabul Azam, 2025. "The effect of trade liberalization on marriage and fertility: evidence from Indian census," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 77(3), pages 653-674.
  23. Isha Gupta, 2024. "Younger children and mothers’ labour supply in rural India: Evidence from fertility stopping behaviour," Journal of Population Research, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 1-46, September.
  24. Bornali Bhandari & Charu Jain & Ajaya K. Sahu, 2021. "Are Secondary Schools Imparting Digital Skills? An Empirical Assessment," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 15(1), pages 73-100, February.
  25. Yasser Razak Hussain & Pranab Mukhopadhyay, 2023. "How Much do Education, Experience, and Social Networks Impact Earnings in India? A Panel Data Analysis Disaggregated by Class, Gender, Caste and Religion," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.
  26. Ronald R. Kumar & Peter J. Stauvermann, 2019. "The Effects of a Revenue-Neutral Child Subsidy Tax Mechanism on Growth and GHG Emissions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-23, May.
  27. Dhilanveer Teja Singh Bahi & Jouni Paavola, 2024. "Liquefied Petroleum Gas Access and Consumption Expenditure: Measuring Energy Poverty through Wellbeing and Gender Equality in India," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-26, April.
  28. Azam Mehtabul & Hang Saing Chan, 2018. "Is There Really a Trade-Off? Family Size and Investment in Child Quality in India," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 18(1), pages 1-12, January.
  29. Ebert, Cara & Vollmer, Sebastian, 2022. "Girls unwanted – The role of parents’ child-specific sex preference for children’s early mental development," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
  30. Chabé-Ferret, Bastien, 2019. "Adherence to cultural norms and economic incentives: Evidence from fertility timing decisions," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 24-48.
  31. Bulus Barnabas & Miroslava Bavorova & Drini Imami & Edvin Zhllima, 2024. "Access to Food vs. Education - Feeding the Stomach is Important for Feeding the Mind," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 17(6), pages 2739-2767, December.
  32. Eiji Yamamura & Giorgio Brunello, 2023. "Effect of grandchildren on the happiness of grandparents: Does the grandparent's child's gender matter?," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 37(2), pages 149-163, June.
  33. Pradeep Kumar Choudhury & Angrej Singh Gill & Amit Kumar, 2024. "What drives demand for private tutoring in secondary education? Evidence from India," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 26(3), pages 816-839, December.
  34. Aeggarchat Sirisankanan, 2022. "The impact of family size on child investment in Thailand: Revisiting with an alternative approach," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 36(4), pages 411-431, December.
  35. Qiling Lu & Jing Hua, 2023. "Micro-Household Human Capital Investment Decisions and a Simulation Study from the Intergenerational Conflict Perspective," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-21, January.
  36. Mausam Kumar Garg & Poulomi Chowdhury & Illias Sheikh, 2024. "Determinants of school dropouts in India: a study through survival analysis approach," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 26(1), pages 26-48, April.
  37. Cristina Borra & Ana Costa-Ramon & Libertad González & Almudena Sevilla-Sanz, 2021. "The Causal Effect of an Income Shock on Children’s Human Capital," Working Papers 1272, Barcelona School of Economics.
  38. Afifa Khalid & Aqsa Painda Khan & Sadia Mangan & Sateesh Kumar & Shivam Golani & Kashaf Aqeel Zaidi, 2021. "Joint Family or Nuclear Family: The Youth’s Perspective," Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 8(1), pages 1-6.
  39. Liu, Xiangbo & Sun, Zhiying & Tang, Daisheng & Chu, Shuai, 2025. "Relaxation of fertility restrictions, sibling composition and gender gap in education: Evidence from China’s 1.5-child policy," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
  40. Yiwei Liu & Qiuyue Guo, 2025. "Impact of Adult Children’s Socioeconomic Status on the Health of Older Adults in China," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 46(2), pages 427-443, June.
  41. Mukesh Ranjan & Arun Kumar Sinha & Lalrotlinga, 2025. "A multinomial regression analysis of the effect of birth sex sequence on desired family composition in India," Journal of Population Research, Springer, vol. 42(3), pages 1-26, September.
  42. Fernihough, Alan, 2017. "Less is More? The child quantity-quality trade-off in early 20th century England and Wales," QUCEH Working Paper Series 2017-07, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Centre for Economic History.
  43. Liu, Yiwei & Su, Yuting & Yin, Yuru, 2022. "Parental preference for boys in childhood and the health of the elderly: Evidence from China," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 302(C).
  44. Vu, Linh Hoang & Tran, Tuyen Quang, 2021. "Sibship composition, birth order and education: Evidence from Vietnam," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
  45. Isha Gupta, 2020. "Fertility And Mothers’ Labour Force Participation In Rural India," "Marco Fanno" Working Papers 0267, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno".
  46. Liu, Huanwen & Dong, Yanfang & Luo, Changfu, 2024. "Why do women bear more? The impact of energy poverty on son preference in Chinese rural households," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
  47. Shuang Chen, 2022. "The Positive Effect of Women’s Education on Fertility in Low-Fertility China," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 38(1), pages 125-161, March.
  48. Kaat Van Hoyweghen & Janne Bemelmans & Hendrik Feyaerts & Goedele Van den Broeck & Miet Maertens, 2023. "Small Family, Happy Family? Fertility Preferences and the Quantity–Quality Trade-Off in Sub-Saharan Africa," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 42(6), pages 1-35, December.
  49. Ghosh, Pritam & Rohatgi, Pratima & Bose, Kaushik, 2022. "Determinants of time-trends in exclusivity and continuation of breastfeeding in India: An investigation from the National Family Health Survey," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 292(C).
  50. Jianxun Lyu, 2025. "Optimal sequential fertility choices under discriminatory preferences," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 38(1), pages 1-51, March.
  51. Li, Honghui & Hiwatari, Masato, 2020. "Family Size and Educational Attainment : The Case of China," Discussion paper series. A 353, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University.
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