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Title: "Why are Indian Children So Short? " - Replication and Extension

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Possible Explanations of the "Asian Enigma" (Ramalingaswami et al., 1996; Headey et al., 2012) Women’s status, sanitation, and urbanization (Smith et al., 2003) Genetic differences or long term consequences of past undernutrition (Klasen, 2008) Eldest son preference (Jayachandran & Pande, 2017) Research Question: Considering emerging trends in the past ten years, does parental preference for eldest sons still drive the health outcomes of Indian children?

Url: https://www.isid.ac.in/~epu/acegd2019/papers/LizaMariavonGrafenstein.pdf

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Authors: von Grafenstein, Liza; Klasen, Stephan

Conference Name: Economic Growth and Development

Publisher Location: Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi

Data Collections: IPUMS Global Health - DHS

Topics: Gender, Health, Other

Countries: Iceland, India