public health provision since the costs of poor services in this domain are disproportionately borne by women. Accounting for … in women's political representation results in a 1.5 percentage point reduction in neonatal mortality. Women politicians … are more likely to build public health facilities and encourage antenatal care, institutional delivery and immunization …

public health provision since the costs of poor services in this domain are disproportionately borne by women. Accounting for … in women's political representation results in a 1.5 percentage point reduction in neonatal mortality. Women politicians … are more likely to build public health facilities and encourage antenatal care, institutional delivery and immunization …

public health provision since the costs of poor services in this domain are disproportionately borne by women. Accounting for … in women’s political representation results in a 1.5 percentage point reduction in neonatal mortality. Women politicians … are more likely to build public health facilities and encourage antenatal care, institutional delivery and immunization …

Background: In 2005, India launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to strengthen the primary healthcare … (DLHS) Rounds 1 (1995–99) and 2 (2000–04) from the pre-NRHM period, and Round 3 (2007–08), Round 4 and Annual Health Survey … socioeconomic inequity. Our study suggests that public health programs in developing country settings will have larger equity …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …