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Mehreen Mookerjee
Mehreen Mookerjee is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She completed her PhD in Economics from Cornell University in 2017. Her primary research interests are in the fields development economics and environmental economics. She is currently working on applied microeconomics issues surrounding gender, women empowerment, interpersonal violence against women and economics of the household in a developing country context using empirical methods.
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Contraception as a pathway to better child nutrition and health
India is home to one-third of the world’s stunted children, and half of all under-five mortality can be attributed to undernutrition. Existing literature has shown an association between larger families and poorer child health outcomes. Based on analysis of data from the National Family Health Survey, 2019-2021, this article finds that reducing fertility through increased use of contraception can lead to significant improvements in child health and malnutrition indicators.
