Andrew Barenberg|Deepankar Basu|Ceren Soylu
The Effect of Public Health Expenditure on Infant Mortality: Evidence from a Panel of Indian States, 1983–1984 to 2011–2012
University of Massachusetts Amherst|University of Massachusetts Amherst|University of Massachusetts Amherst
using panel data set indian states 19831984 20112012 paper studies impact public health expenditure infant mortality rate imr controlling relevant covariates like political competition per capita income female literacy urbanisation find public expenditure health care reduces imr baseline specification shows increase public health expenditure 1 per cent statelevel net domestic product associated reduction imr nine infant deaths per 1000 live births also find political competition female literacy urbanisation reduce imr