India is home to some 120 million children under the age of 5, 36 percent of whom are chronically malnourished. The … associated high prevalence of stunting has generated a stream of research explaining why chronic malnourishment in India is … of chronic malnourishment in India – that is, the difference in stunting incidence across caste and religious groups. A …

-10, we investigate the relationship between social identity, specifically caste identity in India, and perceptions of self …, and how institutional change can influence it. Our main finding is that caste identity in contemporary India does shape …