outcomes in children. Emerging literature describes the negative effects of poor sanitation on child growth. However, limited … water contaminated with E. coli could affect the nutritional status of children through various possible biological pathways … uptake and absorption. This study explores the relationship between contaminated water and stunting prevalence among children …

We study the effect of exposure to arsenic in groundwater, the main source of arsenic contamination, on a range of … education outcomes among children in India. First, using a large nationally representative household survey and exploiting … in public schools in one of the most arsenic contaminated regions of India and exploited variation in the geographical …

exist that can remediate arsenic in groundwater, most are too expensive or too complicated to operate on a sustained basis … commercialization to address the technical, socio-economic, and political aspects of the arsenic public health crisis while targeting … 2006 called electrochemical arsenic remediation (ECAR). Since 2010, researchers at UCB and LBNL have collaborated with …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel … policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. …

phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age …-income countries, where this phenomenon is prevalent. Using panel data from India, this paper investigates the effect of early maternal … age on offspring human capital in terms of health and cognition. The analysis relies on mother fixed effects to allow for …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel … policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. …

Maternal and child health is severely impacted by adverse birth outcomes leading to a public health concern. A whole …, low birth weight and preterm birth. We use the nationally representative NFHS-5 data for India and use multiple … improvements in maternal and child health, is contingent on a multiplicity of social factors, which requires redressal in …