| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP10503 |
| DP10503 Why Are Indian Children So Short? | |
| Rohini Pande; Seema Jayachandran | |
| 发表日期 | 2015-03-22 |
| 出版年 | 2015 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this paper, we analyze data for over 174,000 Indian and Sub-Saharan African children to show that Indian firstborns are taller than African firstborns; the Indian height disadvantage emerges with the second child and then increases with birth order. This pattern persists when we compare height between siblings, and also holds for health inputs such as vaccinations. Three patterns in the data indicate that India's culture of eldest son preference plays a key role in explaining the steeper birth order gradient among Indian children and, consequently, the overall height deficit. First, the Indian firstborn height advantage only exists for sons. Second, an Indian son with an older sibling is taller than his African counterpart if and only if he is the eldest son. Third, the India-Africa height deficit is largest for daughters with no older brothers, which reflects that fact that their families are those most likely to exceed their desired fertility in order to have a son. |
| 主题 | Development Economics |
| 关键词 | Development Economic growth Height Malnutrition Microeconomics |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp10503 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/539334 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Rohini Pande,Seema Jayachandran. DP10503 Why Are Indian Children So Short?. 2015. |
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