Gender preference at birth: A new measure for son preference based on stated preferences and observed measures of parents' fertility decisions
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Human fertility; Family planning; Welfare; Wellbeing;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2022-09-19 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-HEA-2022-09-19 (Health Economics)
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