A decline in child mortality in America led to substantial changes in women’s choices and behaviour.
How does a decline in child mortality influence women’s choices of labour market participation, marriage, and fertility? Antibiotics first arrived in America in 1937 and treated pneumonia, which was the leading cause of child death at the time. Sonia Bhalotra discusses evidence from a study that investigated whether following the introduction of antiobiotics, women made different choices regarding the timing of their fertility, their work participation, and their marriage.
In a short video for VoxDev, Professor Sonia Bhalotra discusses her research on how a decline in child mortality influences women’s choices of labour market participation, marriage, and fertility.
Watch the video here.