Special Issue: India in Transition: Insights from India Human Development Survey (2004–2012) Debasis Barik Pallavi Choudhuri Ruchi Jain Sonalde Desai

Gendered time use, body mass index, and well-being among adolescents in resource-poor settings in India: The adverse role of domesticity Dibyasree Ganguly Kriti Vikram

We investigated how adolescents' time allocation across daily activities influences their body mass index and well-being by paying explicit attention to gender and activities relevant to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We hypothesized that the inequitable domestic burden shouldered by girls adversely affects their health...   Read More

To stay or grow? Migration patterns and child growth in rural Bihar, India Reshma Roshania Solveig A. Cunningham, Aritra Das, Tanusree Bag, Rakesh Giri, Guntur Sai Mala, Melissa F. Young, Sridhar Srikantiah, Tanmay Mahapatra, Usha Ramakrishnan

While the dominant patterns of migration for livelihood among the poor in India are rural-to-rural and circular, literature on the health implications of child migration has largely focused on rural-to-urban, permanent movement. We compared child growth across three migration typologies rural Bihar: circular migrant families...   Read More

Affirmative action and private education expenditure by disadvantaged groups: evidence from India Athira Vinod

Under the Right to Education Act (2009), the Indian government mandated private schools to reserve 25% of primary school places for socioeconomically disadvantaged children. This study examines the policy’s spillover effect on private schooling costs. Using household survey data and a difference-in-differences approach, it compares...   Read More

Gone and forgotten? Predictors of birth history omissions in India Sharan Sharma Sonalde Desai Debasis Barik Om Prakash Sharma

Background: Fertility histories are subject to measurement errors such as incorrect birth dates, incorrect birth orders, incorrect sex, and omissions. These errors can bias demographic estimates such as fertility rates and child mortality rates. Objective: We focus on births missing in fertility histories. We estimate...   Read More