in India. In a controlled study of 160 daycare centers serving over 4,000 children, we randomly assign individual workers … to receive either fixed bonuses or incentive payments based on the weight‐for‐age nutritional status of children in their … care, and also collect data from a control group receiving only their standard salary. Mothers of children in all three …

providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are …

India, including 53,030 mothers and 113,708 children, collected in 2015-16. Outcomes are measured as multidimensional … deprivations, utilizing UNICEF's Multidimensional Overlapping Deprivation Analysis index, incorporating deficiencies in children …'s access to water, sanitation, housing, healthcare, nutrition, education and information. We identify causal impacts using a …

could also improve their education outcomes. Given the importance of education for economic development, this link could be …Hundreds of millions of children in less developed countries suffer from poor health and nutrition. Children in most … less developed countries also complete far fewer years of schooling, and learn less per year of schooling, than do children …

outcomes of children in rural India. Using experimental data and regression discontinuity design that exploits the exogenous … health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when … parents are informed about the health risk of their children, may not promote healthy behavior and factors other than …

children in rural India. Using experimental data and regression discontinuity design that exploits the exogenous cutoff of … cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that nutrition information alone, even when parents are informed about the … anemia status of their children, may not promote healthy behavior and factors other than information might constrain …

intervention in India. Using panel data, we examine the effectiveness of the use of iron and iodine fortified salt in school … lunches to reduce anemia among school children. After four years of treatment, treated children, on average, have higher …