Session 21:
Mortality, Gender and Empowerment of Women
Chair: Gabriele Doblhammer, University of Rostock
Infant and Child Mortality Differentials By Women’s Empowerment: New Insights from the Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey Niccolò Certi, Student ; Curzio Checcucci, Student ; Guglielmo Maggi, Student
Does Prenatal Sex Selection Reduce Gender Gaps in Child Mortality? Ridhi Kashyap, University of Oxford
Contribute of education to Infant and under-five mortality disparities among caste groups in India: Evidence from nationally representative surveys Jayanta Bora, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies
Gender Difference in Post-Neonatal Mortality By Type of Family in Rural South Asia Moradhvaj ., Jawharlal Nehru University ; Nandita Saikia, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Income Inequality, Female Political Empowerment, and Population Health: A Cross-National Study of Mortality Risks Ross Macmillan, Bocconi ; Naila Shofia, Bocconi ; Wendy Sigle, LSE
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