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Title Sons as Widowhood Insurance: Evidence from Senegal | ||
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http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00948098; http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/94/80/98/PDF/wp201405.pdf | ||
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Date 2014 | ||
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Author(s) Lambert, Sylvie; Rossi, Pauline | ||
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Abstract Exploiting original data from a Senegalese household survey, we provide evidence that fertility choices are partly driven by women's needs for widowhood insurance. We use a duration model of birth intervals to show that women most exposed to the risk of widowhood intensify their fertility until they get a son. Insurance through sons entails substantial health costs: short birth spacing raises maternal and infant mortality rates. | ||
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Subject(s) [SHS:ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economy and finances; [SHS:ECO] Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economie et finances; Intra-household insurance; Gender; Fertility; Health; Senegal | ||
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Language ENG | ||
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Type of publication preprint | ||
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Repository France - Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL), SHS 
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