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Intra-household insurance Gender Fertility Health Senegal D - Microeconomics/D.D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics/D.D1.D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I1 - Health/I.I1.I15 - Health and Economic Development J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J1 - Demographic Economics/J.J1.J13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • MigrationSujets proches
Assurance (Insurance) Coverage, Insurance Insurance protection Insurance coverage Insurance industry Indemnity insurance Mutual insurance Underwriting Wellness Personal health Fecundity Biography--HealthCiter ce document
Sylvie Lambert et al., « Sons as Widowhood Insurance: Evidence from Senegal », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10670/1.3yguhh
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Exploiting original data from a Senegalese household survey, we provide evidence that fertility choices are partly driven by women's needs for widowhood insurance. We use a duration model of birth intervals to show that women most at risk in case of widowhood intensify their fertility, shortening birth spacing, until they get a son. Insurance through sons might entail substantial health costs since short birth spacing raises maternal and infant mortality rates.