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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