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Pré-Publication, Document De Travail Année : 2014

Sons as Widowhood Insurance: Evidence from Senegal

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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.
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halshs-00948098 , version 1 (17-02-2014)
halshs-00948098 , version 2 (05-05-2014)
halshs-00948098 , version 3 (01-10-2015)

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Sylvie Lambert, Pauline Rossi. Sons as Widowhood Insurance: Evidence from Senegal. 2014. ⟨halshs-00948098v1⟩
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