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Title: RTG 2654 Sustainable Food Systems
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2022
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ISSN: 2750-1671
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Abstract: This paper re-enters the contested discussion surrounding the Indian Enigma, the high prevalence of chronic undernutrition in India relative to sub-Saharan Africa. Jayachandran & Pande argue that the key to the Indian enigma lies in the worse treatment of higher birth order children, particularly girls. Analyzing new data, we find: (1) Parameter estimates are sensitive to sampling design and model specification; (2) The gap between the heights of pre-school African and Indian children is closing; (3) The gap does not appear to be driven by differential associations by birth order and child sex; (4) The remaining gap is associated with differences in maternal heights. If Indian women had the heights of their African counterparts, pre-school Indian children would be taller than pre-school African children; and (5) Once we account for survey design, sibling size and maternal height, the coefficient associated with being an Indian girl is no longer statistically significant.
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Authors: von Grafenstein, Liza; Klasen, Stephan; Hoddinott, John
Series Title: Sustainable Food Discussion Papers
Publication Number: 2
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Publisher Location: Göttingen, Germany
Data Collections: IPUMS Global Health - DHS
Topics: Health
Countries: India