Suchergebnisse

This study is on the impact evaluation of a maternal and child health program in rural Bangladesh. The program was administered in a treatment area with an equally impoverished area retained as a control area. Using a standard utility maximization framework and data from Matlab Health and Socio-Economic Survey of 1996, treatment effects are estimated without the standard problems of endogenous program placement and selection. Results find not just a strong direct effect on the health of targeted individuals but also a significant spillover effect on the health of some non-targeted individuals. Results indicate that the externality is generated within the household and not through a community effect. Thus, this study raises important issues for the design of public policy programs.

This article uses the 52nd round of National Sample Survey data to examine gender differences in living arrangement choices of the elderly in India. Older women are more likely to live alone than older men, even after controlling for demographics, socioeconomic characteristics, health status, economic independence and property ownership. Economic independence is associated with higher likelihood of living alone for men and women. While physical immobility decreases the likelihood of living with children or extended family for older men, older and physically immobile women are less likely to live alone if they have sons rather than daughters.