Child Nutrition in India in the Nineties

46 Pages Posted: 17 Dec 2010

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Alessandro Tarozzi

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Department of Economics and Business

Aprajit Mahajan

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics; Stanford University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: December 14, 2010

Abstract

India experienced several years of fast economic growth during the 1990s, and according to many observers this period also saw a considerable decline in poverty, especially in urban areas (see, e.g., Deaton and Dreze 2002; Deaton 2003; Tarozzi, forthcoming). The first objective of this article is to document the extent to which the 1990s saw a reduction in malnutrition among very young children (those less than 3 years old); second, we study whether changes in child growth performance have been similar for boys and girls and in different geographical areas; third, we provide a first attempt at explaining the observed trends.

Suggested Citation

Tarozzi, Alessandro and Mahajan, Aprajit, Child Nutrition in India in the Nineties (December 14, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1725480 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1725480

Alessandro Tarozzi

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Department of Economics and Business ( email )

Barcelona
Spain

Aprajit Mahajan (Contact Author)

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics ( email )

Berkeley, CA 94720
United States

Stanford University ( email )

Stanford, CA 94305
United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) ( email )

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