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Using experimental techniques, the authors investigate parental attitudes toward children of different genders in rural Bangladesh. They find: 1) There is no systematic inherent bias among parents favoring children of one gender over the other. 2) Neither fathers nor mothers exhibit systematic gender bias in their preferences. 3) While joint parental decisions showed slightly more gender bias than individual decisions, there was still no favoritism toward a particular gender. 4) Tests suggest the subjects
- Author
- Ankit Kumar
- Language
- EN