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Intergenerational Persistence of Health: Evidence from India
Using nationally representative data, we estimate intergenerational persistence in health in India. Results from the instrumental variable method show that children of anemic mothers are more likely to be anemic, with an intergenerational health correlation of 0.26. Results are robust to the inclusion of confounding factors including the mother's height. We find that the correlation between mothers' anemic status and children's anemic status differs by wealth quintile, indicating that economic status may play a role in the persistence of poor health across generations in developing countries.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15938
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health: General
Health and Inequality
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- Subject
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intergenerational mobility
health
anemia
India
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Kumar, Santosh
Nahlen, Bernard
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2023
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Kumar, Santosh
- Nahlen, Bernard
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2023
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