On hunger and child mortality in India

Journal of Asian and African Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-17

  Gaiha, Raghav ^a,b   Kulkarni, Vani S ^c   Pandey, Manoj K ^d   Imai, Katsushi S ^e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institute of Economic Growth   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child mortality; hunger; India; inequality; literacy; prices; underweight

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; HUNGER; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIFESTYLE; LITERACY; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDIA; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALNUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HUNGER; INDIA; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

INDIA;

EID: 84856612506     PISSN: 00219096     EISSN: 17452538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021909611427015     Document Type: Article

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