Despite fast rates of economic growth, poor nutritional status and high mortality rates persist among Indian children. We use data from three waves of the Indian National Family and Health Survey to examine gender-specific trends in key indicators of child health between 1992-1993 and 2005-2006....

Two decades after its original publication, The Analysis of Household Surveys is reissued with a new preface by its author, Sir Angus Deaton, recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This classic work remains relevant to anyone with a serious interest in using household survey...

In diesem Jahr wurde der in Princeton lehrende, britisch-amerikanische Ökonom Angus Deaton mit dem Nobelpreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften ausgezeichnet. Es werden damit - wie es in der offiziellen Verlautbarung des Nobelpreiskomitees heißt - seine Analysen von Konsum, Armut und Wohlfahrt...