Socioeconomic Inequalities in Childhood Undernutrition in India An Application of the Corrected Concentration Index

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Mishra, Udaya S. [1 ]
Joe, William [1 ]
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[1] Ctr Dev Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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ECONOMICS BULLETIN | 2010年 / 30卷 / 01期
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Measuring inequalities in child undernourishment with the help of the most popular concentration index (CI) has its own limitation in valuation and comparison. This is an attempt at contrasting a set of improved inequality measures against the conventional CI to comment on their robustness. In the process, it raises a need for revisiting the attainment-inequality relationship in health outcomes
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