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Title Gender Preferences in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Fertility Choices | ||
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https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01074934; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01074934/document | ||
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Date 2014 | ||
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Author(s) Rossi, Pauline; Rouanet, Léa | ||
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Contributor(s) Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST) ; INSEE - École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique; Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE) ; Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) - École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) - École normale supérieure [ENS] - Paris - École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC) - CNRS; Ecole d'Économie de Paris - Paris School of Economics (EEP-PSE) ; Ecole d'Économie de Paris; Laboratoire de microéconomie (LMI) ; Centre de Recherche en Économie et STatistique (CREST) | ||
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Abstract Exploiting Demographic and Health Surveys in Africa, we use a duration model of birth intervals to document variations in gender preferences across the continent. We find robust evidence of son preference in Northern Africa, taste for balance in South Africa and no revealed preference in Central Africa. Elsewhere, results are mixed. Then, son preference decreased over time in Sub-Saharan Africa, but increased in Northern Africa. Within country, we investigate the role of socioeconomic factors in shaping gender preferences. Traditional kinship structure is a good predictor, while religion is not. Modernization (wealth, female labor, contraceptive use) is associated with a strong taste for balance. | ||
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Subject(s) Africa; Fertility; Gender preferences; JEL: I.I1; JEL: J.J1.J13; JEL: J.J1.J16; JEL: O.O5.O55; [SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economies and finances | ||
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Language en | ||
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Publisher HAL CCSD | ||
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Type of publication Preprints, Working Papers, ... | ||
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Source https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01074934; PSE Working Papers n° 2014-33. 2014 | ||
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Identifier halshs-01074934 | ||
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Repository France - Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL), SHS 
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