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

Dweepobotee Brahma and Debasri Mukherjee ()

Applied Economics Letters, 2021, vol. 28, issue 16, 1426-1431

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.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1822507

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