This paper uses the recent approach of multidimensional deprivation measures to provide a comprehensive and wide ranging assessment of changes to living standards in India during the period, 1992/93–2004/5. This covers the reforms and the immediate post reforms time periods. The study is the...

Using data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) of India, the authors examine the impact of fertility gap on child nutritional outcomes, focused on whether a child is stunted, wasted or anemic. They find that the odds of having malnourished children who are stunted, wasted or anemic are...