TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bhalotra, Sonia R.
        TI  - Poverty and Survival
        PY  - 2010/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5363
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5363
        AB  - A recent literature highlights the uncertainty concerning whether economic growth has any causal protective effect on health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes in poverty on infant survival. We identify a significant within-state relationship which persists conditional upon state income, indicating the size of survival gains from redistribution in favour of households below the poverty line. The poverty elasticity declines over time after 1981. It is invariant to controlling for income inequality but diminished upon controlling for education, fertility and state health expenditure, and eliminated once we introduce controls for omitted trends.
        KW  - infant mortality
KW  - inequality
KW  - income
KW  - poverty
KW  - state health expenditure
KW  - India
KW  - economic reform
KW  - panel data
        ER  -