Hundreds of millions of Indian children are too short for their age. In this paper we explore whether early marriage of … women in India contributes to this phenomenon. Using India's national health surveys and age at menarche as an instrument …

weight on cognitive development during childhood in India. We find that a 10 percent increase in birth weight increases … larger for girls, children from rural households, and those with less-educated mothers. Our findings suggest that health …

intervention in India. Using panel data, we examine the effectiveness of the use of iron and iodine fortified salt in school … lunches to reduce anemia among school children. After four years of treatment, treated children, on average, have higher …

pollution generated by coal fueled power units on the anemic status of children and women in India. We show that among very … young children (aged 0–5 years), the number of coal units in the district in the month and year of birth significantly … increasing demand for energy that emerging market economies like India face. …

Background/Objective: Children and women comprise vulnerable populations in terms of health and are gravely affected by … economic inequalities in maternal and child health indicators among the urban population of India.Methods: Using data from the … deliveries, proportion of children with complete immunization, proportion of underweight children, and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR …