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Publications

Infant malnutrition, clean-water access and government interventions in India: a machine learning approach towards causal inference

Publication date

सित, 2020

Details

in Applied Economics Letters.

Authors

Dweepobotee Brahma, Debasree Mukherjee

Abstract

We use a debiased Machine Learning technique to explore causes behind infant malnutrition for households below-poverty-line in India and examine effectiveness of various government interventions along with other factors. Our analysis reveals that access to clean water is one of the most crucial issues to focus on.
 
KEYWORDS: Infant malnutrition, clean water, debiased machine learning, government policies
JEL CLASSIFICATION: C29, O10