This paper measures the degree of inequality in child mortality rates across districts in India, using data from the 1981, 1991 and 2001 Indian population censuses. The results show that child mortality is more concentrated in less developed districts in all three census years. Further, between...

This paper measures the degree of inequality in child mortality rates across districts in India, using data from the 1981, 1991 and 2001 Indian population censuses. The results show that child mortality is more concentrated in less developed districts in all three census years. Further, between...

This paper examines the determinants of fertility, child mortality and female disadvantage in child survival in India, using a district-level panel data set linking 1981 and 1991 censuses. The results of the paper, inter alia, question the dominant view in this area which asserts that it is...