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Case Tatro @casetatro.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I am happy to announce that I have successfully defended my PhD! Thanks to my advisor @davidslichter.bsky.social , my committee, et al. for their support the past five years! I am looking forward to returning to Hamilton College this Fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics!

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The Economic Misfit @theeconomicmisfit.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

To learn more about her research, visit her personal website: jijeebishabhattarai.com

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Jijee Bhattarai @jijeebisha.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I am excited to be on the #EconSky job market. My #EconJMP on Nepal's 2002 abortion legalization finds weaker son-biased stopping, more prenatal sex selection (~1 in 75 girls missing), and longer breastfeeding for surviving girls, a clear quantity quality tradeoff. Website: jijeebishabhattarai.com

From Prohibition to Choice: The Impact of Abortion Legalization on Fertility and Child Investments in Nepal

In societies with son-preference, the transition from high fertility to low fertility is often accompanied by a skewed sex ratio at birth. How expanding reproductive autonomy in such societies changes fertility
and early-life investments in children remains unclear. We study this question in the context of Nepal by evaluating the impact of the 2002 abortion legalization. Using a triple-difference design comparing girls
and boys across firstborn-sex families before and after the reform, we find that the abortion legalization substantially reduced son-biased fertility stopping: the gap in the number of children between firstborn-girl
and firstborn-boy families fell by nearly three-fifths, while the probability that a girl is missing due to sex-selective abortion rose by 1.8 percentage points. A back-of-the-envelope calculation implies that roughly
1 in 75 girls is missing from post-reform birth cohorts. On investments, daughters in firstborn-girl families gained about two months of breastfeeding, closing most of the pre-existing deficit. Taken together, the policy response to abortion legalization in a son-preferring society indicates a quantity-quality trade-off: lower cost of achieving desired family size and sex mix can lead to intensified prenatal selection against
girls and increased early-life investments in those who are born.

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Case Tatro @casetatro.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

In addition to my research and teaching, I run a YouTube channel about economics! I cover a huge variety of topics in economics from the undergraduate to the PhD level. Feel free to share with students/others as an additional (hopefully) helpful resource! www.youtube.com/@InCaseofEconStruggles

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In Case of Econ Struggles

Just a Ph.D. Economics student trying to cure one Case of Econ Struggles at a time. Like/Subscribe so you don't miss my latest walkthrough of a econ concept/problem, and comment if there is a concept...

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Case Tatro @casetatro.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I am excited to announce I am on the #EconSky Job Market! In my #EconJMP, I find that weighting a teacher's test-score impacts differently across students increases the predictive power of test-score value-added measures for a teacher's impact on high school graduation. Website: casetatro.com

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