Using data from the National Family and Health Survey 3, India, this paper measures and validates the extent of … multidimensional poverty and examines the linkages of poverty level with child health in India. Multidimensional poverty is measured in … the domain of education, health and living standard and child health is measured with respect to infant mortality rate …

This paper presents an analysis of the determinant of school participation in rural north India, based on a recent …, responds to a wide range of variables, including parental education and motivation, social background, dependency ratios, work … opportunities, village development, teacher posting , teacher regularity and mid-day meals. The remarkable lead achieved by the …

cognitive development in Andhra Pradesh, India. Our peer group definition takes the form of networks, whose structure allows us …

There is a growing literature that shows that higher family income is associated with better health for children …. Wealthier parents may have more advantaged children because they have more income to buy health care or because parental wealth … is associated with beneficial behaviours or because parental health is associated with both income and children¿s health …

There is emerging evidence to suggest that initial differentials between the health of poor and more affluent children … system all children have access to equally effective primary care providers. This paper examines this explanation. The … analysis has two components. It first examines whether children from poorer families have access to general practitioners of a …

This paper provides a comprehensive picture of mental health services in England, includingstaffing and expenditure … services, from children to older adults and across both healthand social care services, in England. …

Interactions between economic development and financial development are studied by looking at the roles of financial … institutions in selecting R&D projects (including for both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the … development stages of an economy. At higher development stages a financing regime with ex post selection capacity is more …

of political freedoms versus economic development. This paper takes a new approach to provide an answer by using micro …