The excess female mortality in India and other South Asian countries is no longer contentious. Less known are the … reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in … the analysis. Place of death, which indicates whether a person get medical help immediately before her/his death, is used …

The post-2015 development includes level-end goals for both under-five and neonatal mortality to be obtained by 2030 …-five mortality have been cited as a cause for optimism. In this paper, we show that changes in mortality rates are subject to mean … reductions. Taking this into account in projecting mortality rates until 2030, we find that only very few countries in Sub …

status and her time spent with children. Exogenous status is captured by a composite index constructed with parental …