breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases … suggest that the gender gap in breastfeeding explains 14 percent of excess female child mortality in India, or about 22 …

inequality in those health investments in India. A simple theory of gender-biased parental investment suggests that gender … relationship between gender balance in vaccinations and the availability of quot;Health Campsquot; in India. I find support for a …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, based on the Young Lives … Survey. India has over 70 million children aged 0-5 who are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production …

plausibly random. Given a strong son-preference in India, parents tend to have more children if the first born is a girl. Our IV …

India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this … patterns in the data indicate that India's culture of eldest son preference plays a key role in explaining the steeper birth … if he is the eldest son. Third, the India-Africa height deficit is largest for daughters with no older brothers, which …

particularly child marriage, in Sub-Saharan Africa and in India, where substantial monetary or in-kind transfers occur with … marriage: bride price across Sub-Saharan Africa and dowry in India. In a simple equilibrium model of the marriage market in … two regions: in Sub-Saharan Africa, they increase the annual hazard into child marriage by 3%, while in India droughts …

Although previous research has not always found that boys and girls are treated differently in rural India, son …