Sex ratio and fertility preferences in India: A longitudinal analysis
| dc.rights.license | open | en_US |
| hal.structure.identifier | Bordeaux sciences économiques [BSE] | |
| dc.contributor.author | CLÉMENT, Matthieu | |
| dc.contributor.author | LEVASSEUR, Pierre | |
| dc.contributor.author | SEETAHUL, Suneha
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-06T14:34:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-06T14:34:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-08 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0305-750X | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/206565 | |
| dc.description.abstractEn | Birth control policies and entrenched patriarchal norms have contributed to a highly imbalanced male/female ratio in India. While the impact of son preference on the sex ratio is largely studied, the consequences of a male-skewed sex ratio on women’s fertility preferences remain underexplored. Merging different longitudinal datasets (Indian Census and IHDS panel household survey), this article provides an original empirical analysis of the effect of district-level sex ratios on women’s fertility preferences and the nested pathways of this relationship. Individual and time fixed-effects regressions show that district-level surplus of men negatively affects women’s desired number of sons. The robustness of these findings is confirmed after conducting multiple checks, including controlling for endogeneity by leveraging temperature data from the India meteorological department (1952–2011). The investigation of potential pathways shows that a higher district male/female ratio may make gender norms and the marriage market more favorable to women (via an increase in decision-making power and age of marriage, and a decrease in the dowry price and domestic violence acceptance). We conclude that this self-corrective process which shapes the relationship between sex ratio and son preference in contexts of entrenched patriarchal norms, hinders gender equality. | |
| dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.subject.en | Missing women | |
| dc.subject.en | Fertility | |
| dc.subject.en | Gender norms | |
| dc.subject.en | Marriage market | |
| dc.subject.en | India | |
| dc.title | Sex ratio and fertility preferences in India: A longitudinal analysis | |
| dc.type | Article de revue | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107046 | en_US |
| dc.subject.hal | Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances | en_US |
| bordeaux.journal | World Development | en_US |
| bordeaux.page | 107046 | en_US |
| bordeaux.volume | 192 | en_US |
| bordeaux.hal.laboratories | Bordeaux Sciences Economiques / Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE) - UMR 6060 | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | Université de Bordeaux | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | CNRS | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | INRAE | en_US |
| bordeaux.peerReviewed | oui | en_US |
| bordeaux.inpress | non | en_US |
| bordeaux.import.source | crossref | |
| hal.popular | non | en_US |
| hal.audience | Internationale | en_US |
| hal.export | false | |
| workflow.import.source | crossref | |
| dc.rights.cc | CC BY-NC-ND | en_US |
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