I use birth-certificate data for Spain to document extremely son-biased sex
ratios at birth among Indian immigrants. I also show that the children of Indian
immigrants display poor health outcomes during infancy, although there is no evidence
of a gender gap in infant health. I provide evidence suggesting that the poor outcomes
of Indian children at birth can be attributed to the low health endowments of Indian
mothers, while the absence of a gender gap is driven by the fact that the parents who
would ...
I use birth-certificate data for Spain to document extremely son-biased sex
ratios at birth among Indian immigrants. I also show that the children of Indian
immigrants display poor health outcomes during infancy, although there is no evidence
of a gender gap in infant health. I provide evidence suggesting that the poor outcomes
of Indian children at birth can be attributed to the low health endowments of Indian
mothers, while the absence of a gender gap is driven by the fact that the parents who
would invest less in girls are less likely to carry the pregnancies of girls to term (more
likely to practice sex-selective abortion).
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