a women’s empowerment programme in rural India on child immunization and school enrolment. The survey covers both …. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the …

a women's empowerment programme in rural India on child immunization and school enrollment. The survey covers both …. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the …

could also improve their education outcomes. Given the importance of education for economic development, this link could be … the impact of child health on education outcomes, but there are formidable obstacles to obtaining credible estimates. Data … sources of bias when attempting to estimate relationships between child health and education. This Chapter provides an …

to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of …

undernutrition in India relative to sub-Saharan Africa. Jayachandran & Pande argue that the key to the Indian enigma lies in the …

Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted inheritance rights to unmarried women in India, on child health. Our findings … larger share of family resources. Policies empowering women can yield additional positive externalities for children's human …

focuses on recently migrant adolescent girls in India’s fast growing urban slum population for whom multiple vulnerabilities … exceptions-some recently married migrant girls did engage in education or employment-although social norms restricting these … are neither in education nor employment, pregnant girls or new mothers, and those with difficult relationships in marital …

policy to empower women. In 2006, India enacted a community radio policy that grants radio licenses to NGOs and educational ….3 years of education and are 4.1pp (11%) more likely to obtain a secondary degree. In line with increased education, exposure …