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Title: It's A Girl! (Will the Economy Suffer?)

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Publication Year: 2003

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Abstract: Study by economists Gordon B Dahl and Enrico Moretti of Census Bureau data finds couples with girls have divorced more often than those with boys in every decade since 1940's; study fits in with fast-growing interest among economists in how families operate; suggests age-old favoring of boys is not confined to past or to developing nations; tendency of parents, and especially fathers, to invest more in their families when they include boy gives boys important leg up; divorce data graphs; photos (M)

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Authors: Leonhardt, David

Publication Name: NY Times

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Publication Date: 2003

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Topics: Family and Marriage

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