Religion and abortion: The role of politician identity
Religion and abortion: The role of politician identity
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102746
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发表时间：
2021-10-01
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5
通讯作者：
Iyer, Lakshmi
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作者：
Bhalotra, Sonia;Clots-Figueras, Irma;Iyer, Lakshmi
围绕堕胎的辩论通常涉及宗教和政治，但没有因果证据表明政治家的宗教对堕胎的影响。利用印度势均力敌的选举产生的政客宗教的准随机变异，并控制政客的政党派系，我们发现，在穆斯林邦议员赢得的选区中，性别选择性堕胎率较低，这与穆斯林对堕胎的厌恶程度高于印度教徒的报告一致。这反映了穆斯林中较弱的男孩偏好的相互竞争的假设受到了明确的偏好数据的破坏，因为它表明，在穆斯林赢得的地区，生育率和偏向女孩的婴儿死亡率会增加。
Debates around abortion typically invoke religion and politics but there is no causal evidence of the impact of politician religion on abortion. Leveraging quasi-random variation in politician religion generated by close elections in India and controlling for the party affiliation of politicians, we find lower rates of sex-selective abortion in districts won by Muslim state legislators, consistent with a higher reported aversion to abortion among Muslims compared to Hindus. The competing hypothesis that this reflects weaker son preference among Muslims is undermined by stated preference data and by demonstrating that fertility and girl-biased infant mortality increase in Muslim-won districts.