Access to abortion, investments in neonatal health, and sex-selection: Evidence from Nepal

被引：16
作者：
Valente, Christine y [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Bristol, Dept Econ, Bristol BS8 1TH, Avon, England
来源：
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS | 2014年 / 107卷
关键词：
Abortion; Fertility; Neonatal health; Sex-selection; Nepal; MORTALITY RATES; UNITED-STATES; BIRTH-WEIGHT; IMPACT; CHILD; FERTILITY; OUTCOMES; RESTRICTIONS; WANTEDNESS; QUALITY;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.12.002
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
I combine fertility histories from the 2006 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey with a census of newly introduced legal abortion centers to estimate the impact of reducing the cost of abortion on pregnancy outcomes, gender, and neonatal health. Contrary to previous studies, I identify the within-mother, behavioral response to improved access to abortion by comparing siblings conceived before and after the opening of an abortion center nearby. Closeness to a legal abortion center decreases the probability of a birth but has no discernible effect on observable investments in neonatal health and does not lead to more sex-selection. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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