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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

S. Jayachandran, I. Kuziemko

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011. DOI 10.1093/qje/qjr029

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 2 replications of this study. Recorded outcomes: 2 successful.

Replications

• Gender‐Biased Breastfeeding in Egypt: Examining the Fertility Preference Hypotheses of Jayachandran and Kuziemko (2011), Chakravarty (2015). Outcome recorded: successful. I find the theory is strongly supported by empirical results from Egyptian data View paper
• Son Preference and Gender-Biased Breastfeeding in Pakistan, Hafeez & Quintana-Domeque (2018). Outcome recorded: successful. Our replication exercise strongly supports their theory: mothers breastfeed daughters significantly less (especially if there are no elder sons) to increase the chances of becoming pregnant again with the hope to conceive a son. View paper

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