Women report significantly higher levels of mental distress than men in community studies around the world. We provide further evidence on the origins of this mental health gender-gap using data from 789 adults, primarily spousal pairs, from 300 families in Delhi, India. These data were...

For US $17 a child can be immunized against six major illnesses. Even at this price, a country such as India would have to spend half its health budget on providing vaccinations. Given the wide variation in immunization costs it may be possible to decrease this cost to more sustainable levels,...

The relationship between poverty and mental health has received considerable attention in the recent literature. However, the associations presented in existing studies typically rely on limited samples of individuals and on proxy indicators for poverty such as education, the lack of tap water,...