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Some Facts about Boy versus Girl Health Indicators in India: 1992--2005 -super-†

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  • Alessandro Tarozzi

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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. We find that the most recent changes in indices of nutritional status have been overall similar between genders, reverting a movement toward male advantage observed in the 1990s. However, we also document that improvements in different mortality indices during the period were relatively larger for boys. (JEL codes: l15, J16, O12) Copyright The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Ifo Institute, Munich. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

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  • Alessandro Tarozzi, 2012. "Some Facts about Boy versus Girl Health Indicators in India: 1992--2005 -super-†," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group, vol. 58(2), pages 296-321, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cesifo:v:58:y:2012:i:2:p:296-321
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    1. Shalini Chandra & Akansha Sekhsaria, 2017. "Applications of Survival Analysis in Assessing Women’s Health Status in India: A Revisit," Biostatistics and Biometrics Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 2(3), pages 61-65, July.
    2. Aurino, Elisabetta, 2017. "Do boys eat better than girls in India? Longitudinal evidence on dietary diversity and food consumption disparities among children and adolescents," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 25(C), pages 99-111.
    3. González, Libertad, 2018. "Sex selection and health at birth among Indian immigrants," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 29(C), pages 64-75.
    4. Alacevich, Caterina & Tarozzi, Alessandro, 2017. "Child height and intergenerational transmission of health: Evidence from ethnic Indians in England," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 25(C), pages 65-84.
    5. Elizabeth Brainerd & Nidhiya Menon, 2015. "Religion and Health in Early Childhood: Evidence from South Asia," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 41(3), pages 439-463, September.

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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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