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DO MATERNAL SPOT FEEDING PROGRAMS EFFECT BIRTH WEIGHT? EVIDENCE FROM ANDHRA PRADESH AND TELANGANA IN INDIA

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dc.contributor.authorMinocha, Sumedha
dc.contributor.chairPingali, Prabhuen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTurvey, Calumen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-31T16:40:33Z
dc.date.available2023-03-31T16:40:33Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description46 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractThe erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh became the first state in India to provide one full meal per day to pregnant woman as a part of the supplementary nutrition program of the Integrated Child Development Services in 2013. The objective of the program is to fight maternal undernutrition by providing hot cooked meals at the Anganwadi center, in addition to direct administration of iron and folic acid supplements. I use two rounds of National family health survey of India to create a panel of cohort born from 2012 to 2018 and apply quasi- experimental methods to evaluate the impact of the given program on birth weight. Specifically, I use difference-in-difference model and event study design. Overall, I find a significant and positive effect of the program, with a 35- 44 grams improvement in birth weight and 3-3.5% lower probability of low birth weight babies, with the program’s effect concentrated in rural and poor households Given the importance of first 1000 days of life, including in-utero, the one full meal program for pregnant woman presents a scalable model for fighting the stubborn rates of maternal and child undernutrition in India.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7298/zspb-dk69
dc.identifier.otherMinocha_cornell_0058_11593
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/cornell:11593
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/113036
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectBirth weighten_US
dc.subjectHot cooked mealen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectmaternal spot feedingen_US
dc.subjectPregnant womanen_US
dc.subjectSupplementary Nutritionen_US
dc.titleDO MATERNAL SPOT FEEDING PROGRAMS EFFECT BIRTH WEIGHT? EVIDENCE FROM ANDHRA PRADESH AND TELANGANA IN INDIAen_US
dc.typedissertation or thesisen_US
dcterms.licensehttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810.2
thesis.degree.disciplineApplied Economics and Management
thesis.degree.grantorCornell University
thesis.degree.levelMaster of Science
thesis.degree.nameM.S., Applied Economics and Management

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