Arbeitspapier
Sanitation and child health in India
Our study contributes to the understanding of key drivers of stunted growth, a factor widely recognized as major impediment to human capital development. Specifically, we examine the effects of sanitation coverage and usage on child height for age in a semi-urban setting in Northern India. We use instrumental variables to control for endogeneity of sanitation usage coverage. We find that sanitation coverage plays a significant and positive role in height growth during the first years of life.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IFS Working Papers ; No. W15/32
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
- Subject
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child health
sanitation coverage
open defecation
India
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Augsburg, Britta
Rodriguez-Lesmes, Paul
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
- (where)
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London
- (when)
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2015
- DOI
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doi:10.1920/wp.ifs.2015.1532
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Augsburg, Britta
- Rodriguez-Lesmes, Paul
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Time of origin
- 2015
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