This paper analyses male-female disparity in the probability of survival up to 15 years of age in districts of India. Based on estimates derived from the summary birth history data available from 2011 population census, the paper reveals that in majority of the districts of the country,...

Using data from the National Family Health Survey (2005-06), this study examines the effect of parental education and the related factors (mother's exposure to mass media and her socio-economic empowerment) in the regional variations in infant mortality in India. The study finds that parental...

We analyze the concentration of FDI in India at the district level, based on project-specific location choices since the reform program in the early 1990s. The decomposition property of the Theil index allows us to trace changes over time in the overall concentration of FDI to changes in...