services, thereby increasing vulnerability to poor health outcomes. To quantify deprivation for each slum, we construct a basic … services deprivation score (BSDS), which includes variables that affect health, such as access to piped water, latrines, solid … waste disposal, schools, and health centers. In a regression analysis, we find a robust association between non …

We study the relative health performance of the poor under national health insurance programs for the poor. In 2008 …, India introduced Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a national health insurance program for the poor. Using three waves … of representative household data from the National Family Health Survey (1998-99, 2005-06, and 2015-16), and employing a …

through which depression may perpetuate poverty. …

, even as childhood undernutrition remains a public health problem. These have important consequences for the design of … public health systems, especially in rural India. At the same time, the intra-household dual burden of malnutrition is also …

This paper examines whether participation in workfare and food grain subsidy programs in India impacts health and … indicators. Using the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), a nationally representative panel data survey conducted in 2005 and …’s nutrition or health, even though this is not their main objective. At the same time, the effects are heterogeneous, confirming …

persistence of benefits to households not just in one year but over time. Using a unique panel data set for 2007-08 and 2009 …