Does Childbearing Behavior of the Parents Confirm the Existence of Gender Preference in Iran?

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Hassanshahi, Hanieh | 2021

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 54952 (44)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Management and Economics
Advisor(s): Fatemi, Farshad
Abstract:
Since the mid-twentieth century, the issue of gender preference has always been of interest to economists. This preference is demonstrated by sex-selection methods such as differential stopping behavior and sex-selective abortion. While it is almost impossible to look directly into abortion behavior in Iran, due to religious beliefs and illegality, we can investigate gender preference by calculating to what extent parents adapt their fertility behavior to ensure the birth of preferred sex. For this purpose, we use “Households Income and Expenditure Survey of 2019” data from the Statistical Center of Iran. Our results indicate that when Iranian parents are deciding to have second child, they don‟t care about the sex of the first child. However, they are more likely to have a third child if they happen to have only daughters as their first two children. Therefore, the results confirm the importance of having at least on son for parents
Keywords:
Gender Discrimination ; Sex Ratio ; Fertility Behavior ; Gender Preference

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