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Alaka Malwade Basu

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28

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1.7K

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23

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1984

Active since

Affiliations

Cornell University(Current)

Institute of Economic Growth

Population Council

National Council of Applied Economic Research

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alaka Malwade Basu is an author at Cornell University specializing in public health, demography, and sociology.

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DemographyPublic HealthGenderSociologySocial SciencesReproductive HealthFertilityMedicineEducationInfertility

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1984–2018

28

Publications

28

Is Discrimination in Food Really Necessary for Explaining Sex Differentials in Childhood Mortality?

Alaka Malwade Basu · Population Studies · 1989 · 244 citations

Malnutrition, Nutrition, Discrimination +21

Low levels of maternal education and the proximate determinants of childhood mortality: a little learning is not a dangerous thing

Alaka Malwade Basu, Rob Stephenson · Social Science & Medicine · 2004 · 215 citations

Family Medicine, Mortality Studies, Early Life Exposure +13

Girls' Schooling, Women's Autonomy and Fertility Change in South Asia.

Geoffrey McNicoll, Roger Jeffery, Alaka Malwade Basu · Population and Development Review · 1997 · 145 citations

Women Empowerment, Maternal Schooling, Fertility +23

Women's economic roles and child survival: the case of India.

Alaka Malwade Basu, Kaushik Basu · PubMed · 1991 · 125 citations

Women Empowerment, Development Economics, Reproductive Health +20

Spatial variation in contraceptive use in Bangladesh: Looking Beyond the borders

Sajeda Amin, Alaka Malwade Basu, Rob Stephenson · Demography · 2002 · 112 citations

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