Explaining Cross-State Disparities in Child Nutrition in Rural India
| Autor: | Elisa Cavatorta, Bhavani Shankar, Artemisa Flores-Martinez |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Counterfactual thinking
Economic growth Economics and Econometrics Sociology and Political Science Endowment media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development India Development food policy State (polity) medicine media_common nutrition policy Differential (mechanical device) medicine.disease language.human_language Malnutrition Geography nutrition height-for-age Tamil Food policy language Survey data collection Demographic economics |
| Zdroj: | Cavatorta, E, Shankar, B & Flores-Martinez, A 2015, ' Explaining Cross-State Disparities in Child Nutrition in Rural India ', WORLD DEVELOPMENT, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 216–237 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.07.006 |
| ISSN: | 0305-750X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.07.006 |
| Popis: | Summary What drives the large disparities in height-for-age distributions among Indian states - variation in observed nutrition-related endowments, such as wealth or maternal education, or differential strengths of relationships across states between endowments and height-for-age? We explore this question by comparing a set of states with poor nutrition outcomes with the benchmark of Tamil Nadu, a good performer. Applying counterfactual decomposition methods to National Family Health Survey data, we find that surprisingly modest proportions of HAZ differences are attributable to endowment differences. We discuss our results in light of the superior track record of food and nutrition policies in Tamil Nadu. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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