larger for girls, children from rural households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that health …Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses …

health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when … parents are informed about the health risk of their children, may not promote healthy behavior and factors other than …Lack of information about health risks may limit the adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper …

Lack of information about health risks may limit adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper … studies the effect of nutrition information intervention on household dietary behavior, child health, and cognitive ability of … children in rural India. Using experimental data and regression discontinuity design that exploits the exogenous cutoff of …

Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses … larger for boys, children from rural or poor households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that … health policies designed to improve birth weight could improve human capital in resource-poor settings. …

children using data from the National Family Health Survey-3. The effects of healthcare services utilization, food consumption … patterns and maternal health status on child health were investigated in a multidisciplinary framework. The results from models … and nutritional status were significant predictors. Second, models for children’s heights and weight showed beneficial …

fertility decisions and investments in child health. We find that increased access to paved roads at the district-level leads to … a rise in fertility, improved investments in children---measured through breastfeeding duration and immunization … districts with erstwhile lower levels of FLFP, the effects on fertility and child health are driven by paved road access causing …

controlled study of 160 ICDS centers serving over 4,000 children, we randomly assign workers to either fixed bonuses or payments … based on the nutritional status of children in their care, and also collect data from a control group receiving only … smaller and less precisely estimated effects than performance pay, especially for children near malnutrition thresholds. Both …

infant health-promoting activities, is India's largest conditional cash transfer program thus far. We approach IGMSY …'s geographically targeted pilot phase as a natural experiment and use data from a large national health survey to estimate its effects … small effects on infant immunization as well as long-term health care utilization. In addition, intervals between eligible …

relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large …