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Sibling death clustering in India : state dependence vs. unobserved heterogeneity
Arulampalam, Wiji (contributor);  … - 2006
extent of state dependence in India, distinguishing this from family-level risk factors common to siblings. It offers a … ; multi-level model ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355648
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The puzzle of Muslim advantage in child survival in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Valente, Christine; Soest, Arthur van - 2009
; anthropometrics ; Hindu ; Muslim ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003810302
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Spending to save? : State health expenditure and infant mortality in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. (contributor) - 2007
specifications similar to those in the existing literature, this paper finds a similar result for India, which is that state health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003603606
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Fatal fluctuations? : Cyclicality in infant mortality in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. (contributor) - 2007
This paper investigates the impact of macroeconomic shocks on infant mortality in India and investigates likely … is driven by non-agricultural income. -- Infant mortality ; income volatility ; business cycles ; India ; health care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003566276
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Persistence in infant mortality : evidence for the Indian states
Arulampalam, Wiji (contributor);  … - 2006
fifteen major states of India. The main finding is that, in thirteen of the fifteen states, there is evidence of a causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003504797
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Birth spacing, fertility and neonatal mortality in India : dynamics, frailty and fecundity
Bhalotra, Sonia R. (contributor);  … - 2006
A dynamic panel data model of neonatal mortality and birth spacing is analyzed, accounting for causal effects of birth spacing on subsequent mortality and of mortality on the length of the next birth interval, while controlling for unobserved heterogeneity in mortality (frailty) and birth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003393880
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Health and the political agency of women
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma - 2011
We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal … Indian Parliament. -- political identity ; gender ; mortality ; health ; social preferences ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523479
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Poverty and survival
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes …. -- poverty ; income ; inequality ; infant mortality ; India ; economic reform ; state health expenditure ; panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312901
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Where have all the young girls gone? : identification of sex selection in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Cochrane, Tom - 2010
at birth in India. It conducts a triple difference analysis across cohort, birth order and sex of previous births … sex diagnosis ; ultrasound ; gender ; India ; triple difference estimator ; differences in differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313317
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Religion, politician identity and development outcomes : evidence from India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Cassan, Guilhem; … - 2013
This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763154