Rebeca Echávarri|Roberto Ezcurra
Education and gender bias in the sex ratio at birth: Evidence from India
Universidad Publica de Navarra|Universidad Publica de Navarra
article investigates possible existence nonlinear link female disadvantage natality education end devise theoretical model based key role social interaction explaining peoples acquisition preferences justifies existence nonmonotonic relationship female disadvantage natality education empirical validity proposed model examined case india using districtlevel data context econometric analysis pays particular attention role spatial dependence avoid potential problems misspecification results confirm relationship sex ratio birth education india follows inverted ushape finding robust inclusion additional explanatory variables analysis choice spatial weight matrix used quantify spatial interdependence sample districts