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The Timing of Elections and Neonatal Mortality: Evidence from India

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dc.contributor.authorBhattacharjee, Shampa
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-29T21:47:22Z
dc.date.available2024-02-29T21:47:22Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper uncovers evidence of political cycles in developmental outcomes in the Indian context. Comparing children born to the same mother, it shows that children born 0-11 months before scheduled state legislative assembly elections have a significantly lower risk of neonatal mortality. The effect of being born just before elections is higher in politically more competitive regions. The paper provides some evidence of the channels behind this result. The usage of prenatal care increases before elections and mothers of children born before elections are more likely to have antenatal checkups and tetanus injections during pregnancy. Components of antenatal checkups, like the probability of having a blood test or an abdominal examination during pregnancy, also increase before elections. The improvement in child health outcomes before elections seems to be driven by a transfer of resources from non-election to election years rather than an overall improvement in child health outcomes.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099720312112324752/IDU09a7b88ba09e620413708a4a0c194be8b423b
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41142
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41142
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectNEONATAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL CYCLES
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectELECTIONS
dc.titleThe Timing of Elections and Neonatal Mortalityen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Indiaen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.crossref.titleThe Timing of Elections and Neonatal Mortality: Evidence from India
okr.date.disclosure2023-12-11
okr.date.lastmodified2023-12-11T00:00:00Zen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099720312112324752/IDU09a7b88ba09e620413708a4a0c194be8b423b
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okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhac020
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41142
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okr.identifier.report186350
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okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topicGovernance::Election Systems
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume36(4)
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