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Our study contributes to the understanding of key drivers of stunted growth, a factor widely recognized as major impediment to human capital development. Specically, 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 signicant and positive role in height growth during the first years of life.
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Britta is an IFS Associate Director, Associate Staff at the Department of Economics at the UC and Researcher at NIHR Obesity Policy Research Unit.
Paul Rodríguez-Lesmes
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.ifs.2015.1532
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Augsburg, B and Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2015). Sanitation and child health in India. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/sanitation-and-child-health-india (accessed: 24 April 2024).
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