Almost nine million children under five years of age die every year. Diarrhea is considered to be the second leading … for children under five years of age in India. Using Propensity Score Matching (PSM), we fi nd that access to improved … sanitation reduces the risk of contracting diarrhea by 2.2 percentage points. There is considerable heterogeneity in the impacts …

children under five years of age in India. Using Propensity Score Matching (PSM), we find that access to improved sanitation …Almost nine million children under five years of age die every year. Diarrhea is considered to be the second leading … improved sanitation. We neither find statistically signicant treatment effects for children in low or middle socioeconomic …

improved sanitation and fixed-point defecation. There is a 47 percent reduction in diarrhea prevalence between children living …This paper estimates two sources of benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on early childhood health: a … sanitation, and an external benefit (externality) produced by the neighborhood's access to sanitation infrastructure. The paper …

improved sanitation and fixed-point defecation. There is a 47 percent reduction in diarrhea prevalence between children living …This paper estimates two sources of benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on early childhood health: a … sanitation, and an external benefit (externality) produced by the neighborhood's access to sanitation infrastructure. The paper …

improved sanitation and fixed-point defecation. There is a 47 percent reduction in diarrhea prevalence between children living …This paper estimates two sources of benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on early childhood health: a … sanitation, and an external benefit (externality) produced by the neighborhood's access to sanitation infrastructure. The paper …

for age in a semi-urban setting in Northern India. We use instrumental variables to control for endogeneity of sanitation … impediment to human capital development. Specifically, we examine the effects of sanitation coverage and usage on child height … usage coverage. We find that sanitation coverage plays a significant and positive role in height growth during the first …

In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognized access to safe water and sanitation infrastructure a matter of … sanitation infrastructure and long-term child nutrition outcomes (height-for-age and weight-for-age). On the other hand, the … health and nutrition than the existence of sanitation infrastructure. Finally, irrigation is not per se a detrimental factor …

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 …