Rule of law and access to justice are two of the fundamental requirements for the reduction of social differences as well as the development of a country. However, it is also recognised that if children are subjected to the same judicial mechanism as adults, they may stand victimized by the very...

We use village level data from the 1991 and 2001 Indian Censuses to examine how the availability of health facilities and safe drinking water at the village level affect juvenile sex ratios. In addition to controlling for village fixed effects in our estimating equation of the juvenile sex...