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Discrimination Begins in the Womb: Evidence of Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments

Prashant Bharadwaj and Leah K. Lakdawala
Journal of Human Resources, January 2013, 48 (1) 71-113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.1.71

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vol. 48 no. 1 71-113
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.1.71
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Accepted March 1, 2012
  • Published online February 7, 2013.
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© 2013 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Prashant Bharadwaj and
  2. Leah K. Lakdawala
  1. Prashant Bharadwaj is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego. Leah K. Lakdawala is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Michigan State University
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Discrimination Begins in the Womb: Evidence of Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments
Prashant Bharadwaj, Leah K. Lakdawala
Journal of Human Resources Jan 2013, 48 (1) 71-113; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.48.1.71
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