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Bharadwaj, Prashant , Fenske, James, Ali Mirza, Rinchan and Kala, Namrata (2018) The green revolution and infant mortality in India. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1175). (Unpublished)
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Abstract
We use a difference in differences approach to show that the adoption of High Yielding Varieties (HYV) reduced infant mortality in India. This holds even comparing children of the same mother. Children of mothers whose characteristics predict higher child mortality, rural children, boys, and low-caste children benefit more from HYV adoption. We find no obvious evidence that parental investments respond to HYV adoption. We find little evidence of selection into child bearing in response to HYV adoption.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Newborn infants -- Mortality -- Mathematical models -- India | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Economics | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||
ISSN: | 0083-7350 | ||||
Official Date: | August 2018 | ||||
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Number: | 1175 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 63 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Description: | This paper also appears as CAGE Discussion paper 385 |
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Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 March 2018 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 12 March 2018 |
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