Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314581 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17684
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We provide the first estimates of broad-based health transmission between parents and their young children in India. The correlations between maternal health and child health outcomes—such as anemia, stunting, and body mass index—are approximately 0.20. When aggregating these health measures into a general index of latent health, we estimate a correlation of 0.22, comparable to intergenerational persistence estimates in other countries. Absolute health mobility is lower for poorer households and for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. We document significant geographic heterogeneity in health transmission, lower mobility in northern and central India, and higher mobility in the southern regions. Consistent with this pattern, states with higher poverty rates and higher anemia prevalence tend to exhibit lower upward mobility.
Subjects: 
intergenerational mobility
anemia
stunting
latent health
nutrition
India
JEL: 
I14
I15
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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