Congdon Fors, HeatherLindskog, Annika2019-10-252019-10-252019-101403-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2077/62249D13, I20, J16, O15We investigate the impact of son preferences in India on gender inequalities in education. We distinguish the impact of preferential treatment of boys from the impact of gender-biased fertility strategies (gender-specific fertility stopping rules and sex-selective abortions). Results show strong impacts of gender-biased fertility strategies on education differences between girls and boys. Preferential treatment of boys has a more limited impact on gender differences. Further, results suggest that gender-biased fertility strategies create gender inequalities in education both because girls and boys end up in systematically different families and because of gender-inequalities in pecuniary investment within families. The extra advantage of the eldest son within the family is small.31engSon preferencesGenderSex-selectionFertility-stopping rulesHuman CapitalEducationBirth orderText