on whether or not their mothers were literate: there was no gender discrimination between children of literate mothers …This paper conducts an econometric analysis of data for a sample of over 4000 children in India, between the ages of 1 …-2 years of age, with a view to studying two aspects of the neglect of children: their likelihood of being immunised against …

survivals to women and the chances of children being enrolled at school and, if enrolled, of continuing in school. The … school enrolment. Parental occupation matters for both infant survivals and schooling: children born to women who work as … labourers are disadvantaged, relative to other children, in terms of their chances both of surviving infancy and, if they do …

the elderly, of the families with married couples and single mothers, and the cost of children. Our consumption results …