End of Famine

Tirthankar Roy ()
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Tirthankar Roy: London School of Economics

Chapter Chapter 6 in How British Rule Changed India’s Economy, 2019, pp 111-133 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract India’s population began to grow rapidly from the 1920s, as death rates fell quickly, children survived early-life diseases better, and epidemics were brought under control. Innovations in medical research and communications played a significant role in ending famines. These were, partly, an indirect benefit of openness. But mortality decline was not good news for all. Mortality decline meant that more young women had to mind more children at home. Early marriage prevented many women from taking up new wage-earning opportunities. Growing family size made their economic value smaller and lives at home harder than before.

Keywords: Population growth; Women in India; Famine; Epidemics in India; Public health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17708-9_6

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