Anaka Aiyar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4791128 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anaka Aiyar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anaka |
| FAMILY NAME | Aiyar |
| SIGNATURE | AIYAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Reno |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3525-7538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Increasing Access to Cancer-Related Diagnostic Care Using Health Insurance
In India, non-communicable diseases account for over 60% of all deaths, with cancer as a leading cause. Early detection through breast and cervical cancer screenings remains limited, particularly among low-income populations. This study examines whether a publicly funded health insurance program increased access to preventive screenings. Using administrative data on program rollout and the 2015–16 National Family Health Survey, we apply an instru…
Caste Differences in Child Growth
Processed foods, socio-economic status, and peri-urban obesity in India
A food insecurity Kuznets Curve
Unintended Spillovers of Targeted Health Insurance on Intra-household Resource Allocations
The last three decades have seen an increase in the number of targeted health insurance programmes being implemented in developing countries. However, little is known about their intra-household impacts on household members who are not the intended beneficiaries. Using variation introduced by a universal health insurance programme targeted to children below the age of six in Vietnam, I assess the programme’s impacts on expenditures and labour sup…
Transitioning to an obese India
India, which has long suffered from undernutrition, has seen a rapid rise in overweight incidence in the last decade and a half. These changes are characterized by significant within-country differences in overweight incidence that vary by gender and regional development levels. In this paper, we provide an integrative framework, linking the income-gradient hypothesis of obesity with biological, obesogenic, and environmental factors to provide an…
India’s rural transformation and rising obesity burden
While obesity across rural India has doubled in the last decade, research explaining such an unprecedented change is sparse. This paper shows that the rise in the incidence of rural obesity is associated with the process of structural transformation, especially within rural spaces. As the distance to nearby towns from the villages has reduced, urban proximity not only leads to improved livelihoods but also a change in dietary practices and access…
An age profile perspective on two puzzles in global child health
Link between Exporting and Productivity
The theory that links exporting behaviour and productivity consists broadly of two hypotheses—the ‘self-selection hypothesis’—more productive firms venturing for exports and the ‘learning by exporting hypothesis’—exporting leads to increased productivity. This study measures the productivity differentials between exporters and non-exporters for 120 firms belonging to the Indian chemical industry to investigate if the self-selection hypothesis hol…
India’s rural transformation and rising obesity burden
While obesity across rural India has doubled in the last decade, research explaining such an unprecedented change is sparse. This paper shows that the rise in the incidence of rural obesity is associated with the process of structural transformation, especially within rural spaces. As the distance to nearby towns from the villages has reduced, urban proximity not only leads to improved livelihoods but also a change in dietary practices and access…
An age profile perspective on two puzzles in global child health
Caste Differences in Child Growth
Link between Exporting and Productivity
The theory that links exporting behaviour and productivity consists broadly of two hypotheses—the ‘self-selection hypothesis’—more productive firms venturing for exports and the ‘learning by exporting hypothesis’—exporting leads to increased productivity. This study measures the productivity differentials between exporters and non-exporters for 120 firms belonging to the Indian chemical industry to investigate if the self-selection hypothesis hol…
India’s rural transformation and rising obesity burden
While obesity across rural India has doubled in the last decade, research explaining such an unprecedented change is sparse. This paper shows that the rise in the incidence of rural obesity is associated with the process of structural transformation, especially within rural spaces. As the distance to nearby towns from the villages has reduced, urban proximity not only leads to improved livelihoods but also a change in dietary practices and access…
An age profile perspective on two puzzles in global child health
Unintended Spillovers of Targeted Health Insurance on Intra-household Resource Allocations
The last three decades have seen an increase in the number of targeted health insurance programmes being implemented in developing countries. However, little is known about their intra-household impacts on household members who are not the intended beneficiaries. Using variation introduced by a universal health insurance programme targeted to children below the age of six in Vietnam, I assess the programme’s impacts on expenditures and labour sup…
Transitioning to an obese India
India, which has long suffered from undernutrition, has seen a rapid rise in overweight incidence in the last decade and a half. These changes are characterized by significant within-country differences in overweight incidence that vary by gender and regional development levels. In this paper, we provide an integrative framework, linking the income-gradient hypothesis of obesity with biological, obesogenic, and environmental factors to provide an…
Processed foods, socio-economic status, and peri-urban obesity in India
A food insecurity Kuznets Curve
Caste Differences in Child Growth
Increasing Access to Cancer-Related Diagnostic Care Using Health Insurance
In India, non-communicable diseases account for over 60% of all deaths, with cancer as a leading cause. Early detection through breast and cervical cancer screenings remains limited, particularly among low-income populations. This study examines whether a publicly funded health insurance program increased access to preventive screenings. Using administrative data on program rollout and the 2015–16 National Family Health Survey, we apply an instru…
Economics (7 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Demography (3 works)