Evidence from Senegal.
| Title: | Evidence from Senegal. |
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| Authors: | Pauline Rossi; Jel Codes D; Sylvie Lambert |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://hal-pjse.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/94/80/98/PDF/wp201405.pdf. |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: | Intra-household insurance; Gender; Fertility; Health; Senegal. JEL Codes; D13; I15; J13; O15 |
| Description: | 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. |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.428.6367 |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.428.6367; http://hal-pjse.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/94/80/98/PDF/wp201405.pdf |
| Rights: | Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.BFD1A6F8 |
| Database: | BASE |