TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Nie, Peng
AU  - Rammohan, Anu
AU  - Gwozdz, Wencke
AU  - Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
        TI  - Developments in Undernutrition in Indian Children Under Five: A Decompositional Analysis
        PY  - 2016/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9893
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9893
        AB  - This study uses two waves (2004–2005 and 2011–2012) of the nationally representative Indian Human Development Survey to conduct a systematic decompositional analysis of the demographic and socio-economic factors contributing to undernutrition among children under five in India. The analytic method combines three types of decomposition: Blinder-Oaxaca, non-linear, and unconditional quantile. Child undernutrition is measured by z-scores for height-for-age (HAZ), weight-for-height (WHZ), weight-for-age (WAZ), and for the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF). Although our results show modest improvements on some measures, undernutrition among India's young children remains widespread. The improvements we do identify are partly attributable to changes in household wealth and maternal characteristics like body mass index and education.
        KW  - India
KW  - child undernutrition
KW  - decomposition
        ER  -