Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina

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González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio
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2023
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inglés
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In this paper I examine the evolution of parental gender preferences in Argentina (i.e., parents who prefer a certain gender composition in their children). To do this, I use census microdata that spans the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The estimation strategy exploits the plausibly random assignment in the gender of children. The results show a persistent preference for a mixed gender composition (i.e., having at least one boy and one girl) instead of children of the same gender. This translates into an increase in the probability of having a third child, conditional on already having two children of between 9%−23% for those couples who have children of the same gender -in relation to couples with children of opposite genders-. These preferences are heterogeneous over time and have important implications in terms of fertility (i.e., the reduction of these mixed gender preferences -in favor of greater gender-neutrality- could contribute to reducing the number of children per couple). In addition, the findings of this work support the empirical literature that uses the gender composition of the first two children as an instrumental variable to study the impact of fertility on labor participation.
Fil: González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Misiones; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina
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ARGENTINA
FERTILITY
PARENTAL GENDER PREFERENCES
POPULATION CENSUS
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spelling Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from ArgentinaGonzález, Fernando Antonio IgnacioARGENTINAFERTILITYPARENTAL GENDER PREFERENCESPOPULATION CENSUShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5In this paper I examine the evolution of parental gender preferences in Argentina (i.e., parents who prefer a certain gender composition in their children). To do this, I use census microdata that spans the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The estimation strategy exploits the plausibly random assignment in the gender of children. The results show a persistent preference for a mixed gender composition (i.e., having at least one boy and one girl) instead of children of the same gender. This translates into an increase in the probability of having a third child, conditional on already having two children of between 9%−23% for those couples who have children of the same gender -in relation to couples with children of opposite genders-. These preferences are heterogeneous over time and have important implications in terms of fertility (i.e., the reduction of these mixed gender preferences -in favor of greater gender-neutrality- could contribute to reducing the number of children per couple). In addition, the findings of this work support the empirical literature that uses the gender composition of the first two children as an instrumental variable to study the impact of fertility on labor participation.Fil: González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Misiones; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; ArgentinaElsevier Science2023-11info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2024-05-22info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/224459González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio; Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina; Elsevier Science; Economics & Human Biology; 52; 11-2023; 1-191570-677XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1570677X23001016info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101320info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:44:39Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/224459instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:44:39.799CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina
title Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina
spellingShingle Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina
González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio
ARGENTINA
FERTILITY
PARENTAL GENDER PREFERENCES
POPULATION CENSUS
title_short Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina
title_full Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina
title_fullStr Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina
title_sort Parental gender preferences over three centuries: Evidence from Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio
author González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio
author_facet González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ARGENTINA
FERTILITY
PARENTAL GENDER PREFERENCES
POPULATION CENSUS
topic ARGENTINA
FERTILITY
PARENTAL GENDER PREFERENCES
POPULATION CENSUS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In this paper I examine the evolution of parental gender preferences in Argentina (i.e., parents who prefer a certain gender composition in their children). To do this, I use census microdata that spans the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The estimation strategy exploits the plausibly random assignment in the gender of children. The results show a persistent preference for a mixed gender composition (i.e., having at least one boy and one girl) instead of children of the same gender. This translates into an increase in the probability of having a third child, conditional on already having two children of between 9%−23% for those couples who have children of the same gender -in relation to couples with children of opposite genders-. These preferences are heterogeneous over time and have important implications in terms of fertility (i.e., the reduction of these mixed gender preferences -in favor of greater gender-neutrality- could contribute to reducing the number of children per couple). In addition, the findings of this work support the empirical literature that uses the gender composition of the first two children as an instrumental variable to study the impact of fertility on labor participation.
Fil: González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Misiones; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina
description In this paper I examine the evolution of parental gender preferences in Argentina (i.e., parents who prefer a certain gender composition in their children). To do this, I use census microdata that spans the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The estimation strategy exploits the plausibly random assignment in the gender of children. The results show a persistent preference for a mixed gender composition (i.e., having at least one boy and one girl) instead of children of the same gender. This translates into an increase in the probability of having a third child, conditional on already having two children of between 9%−23% for those couples who have children of the same gender -in relation to couples with children of opposite genders-. These preferences are heterogeneous over time and have important implications in terms of fertility (i.e., the reduction of these mixed gender preferences -in favor of greater gender-neutrality- could contribute to reducing the number of children per couple). In addition, the findings of this work support the empirical literature that uses the gender composition of the first two children as an instrumental variable to study the impact of fertility on labor participation.
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