female child mortality in India, or about 22,000 "missing girls" each year … breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases …

India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this … paper, we analyze data for over 174,000 Indian and Sub-Saharan African children to show that Indian firstborns are taller … patterns in the data indicate that India's culture of eldest son preference plays a key role in explaining the steeper birth …

This article discusses son preference in India, including both greater investment in sons and the fertility preference …

compare mothers' and fathers' willingness to pay (WTP) for specific goods for their children, diverging from the previous … literature's approach of comparing the expenditure effects of mothers' versus fathers' income. Our method, which we apply in … children. We find that fathers have a lower WTP for their daughters' human capital than their sons' human capital, whereas …

Building on prior evidence that mothers often have a stronger preference for spending on children than fathers do, we … husbands and, thereby, boost investments in children's health. We find that the program increases spousal discussion about the … improve child anthropometrics. One exception is that the communication training increases women's and children's intake of …

Despite the well-established importance of verbal engagement for infant language and cognitive development, many … childhood development policy in low-income contexts …

-year school-based intervention in Haryana, India, that engaged adolescents in classroom discussions about gender equality. Using a …

measure agency for 209 women in Haryana, India, first, through a semi-structured interview and, second, through a large set of …

This paper examines the intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes in India, a setting where discrimination … mothers influence children's gender attitudes more than fathers do. Parental attitudes also affect their children …