This study evaluates the impact of depression treatment on economic behavior in Karnataka, India. We cross …

delivery and public health. By experimentally identifying the impact of incentives for local maintenance for both providers and …

In India, 52-98 million people live in urban slums, and 59% of slums are "non-notified" or lack legal recognition by … 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 …

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

Integrated Health Centres (IHCs) are pro-poor and those of Referral Hospitals (Central Hospitals and Reference Hospitals) are …

Integrated Health Centres (IHCs) are pro-poor and those of Referral Hospitals (Central Hospitals and Reference Hospitals) are …

The principal objective of this paper is to test whether public expenditures on education, health and development … activities have been effective in reducing poverty in India. For sensitivity and robustness of the results, three different … for fourteen Indian states from the 13th. to the 53rd rounds of the National Sample Survey of India are used for …

several early-life health indicators. Robust evidence shows that such nutrition supplements effectively increase boys' weight … and reduce their probability of being underweight. No effect is observed on girls of similar age. These health indicators …

novel health product, hand sanitizer, in India. We cross-randomize depression treatment (pharmacotherapy) and free …Depression, a common and serious illness that is more prevalent among the poor, may limit the demand for health … well as product use. Depression treatment improves mental health and increases willingness to pay by 5 percent, implying …