Gamper-Rabindran, Shanti; Khan, Shakeeb; Timmins, … - Duke University, Department of Economics - 2010
We examine the impact of piped water on the under-1 infant mortality rate (IMR) in Brazil using a novel econometric procedure for the estimation of quantile treatment effects with panel data. The provision of piped water in Brazil is highly correlated with other observable and unobservable...