Why Are Indian Children So Short? The Role of Birth Order and Son Preference.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  The American Economic Review

• Publication date

  2017-09-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Economics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1257/AER.20151282PMID 29558073
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