Fatal Fluctuations?Cyclicality in Infant Mortality in India

This paper investigates the impact of macroeconomic shocks on infant mortality in India andinvestigates likely mechanisms. A recent OECD-dominated literature shows that mortality atmost ages is pro-cyclical but similar analyses for poorer countries are scarce, and bothincome risk and mortality risk are greater in poor countries. This paper uses individual dataon infant mortality for about 150000 children born in 1970-1997, merged by birth-cohort witha state panel containing information on aggregate income...