Arbeitspapier

Effect of Political Decentralization and Female Leadership on Institutional Births and Child Mortality in Rural Bihar, India

In this paper, we investigate the impacts of political decentralization and women reservation in local governance on institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a significant positive association between political decentralization and institutional births. We also find that the increased participation of women at local governance led to an increased survival rate of children belonging to richer households. We argue that our results are consistent with female leaders having policy preference for women and child well-being.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10780

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Public Goods
Health and Economic Development
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Thema
gender quota
political decentralization
institutional delivery
child
mortality
Bihar
India

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kumar, Santosh
Prakash, Nishith
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2017

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kumar, Santosh
  • Prakash, Nishith
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2017

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