the age of five. This is also true for India, where these two diseases have been the major causes behind infant mortality … determining the utilisation of formal health care to cure diarrhoea and certain respiratory illnesses plaguing young children. We … decision-making power within the household exhibited greater willingness toward health care usage for her sick child. Secondly …

the age of five. This is also true for India, where these two diseases have been the major causes behind infant mortality … determining the utilisation of formal health care to cure diarrhoea and certain respiratory illnesses plaguing young children. We … decision-making power within the household exhibited greater willingness toward health care usage for her sick child. Secondly …

months of age, we document that maternal autonomy has a positive impact on the long-term nutritional status of rural children … in children's nutritional outcomes. Using data from the Third Round of the National Family Health Survey for India … Height-for-Age Z-scores Indian children experience in the second six months of life. The findings underscore the importance …

polygyny and children's nutrition, and how it may be mediated through women's bargaining power. Using the age of each co …-wife as a proxy for rank, I also study how the senior-wife status of a mother may influence her children's nutrition outcomes …, from reducing food consumption to selling assets, with potentially lasting consequences on child development. In polygynous …