Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236228 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14197
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Lack of information about health risks may limit the adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper studies the effect of a nutrition information intervention on household dietary behavior, hemoglobin levels, and cognitive outcomes of children in rural India. Using experimental data and regression discontinuity design that exploits the exogenous cutoff of hemoglobin level for anemia, we find statistically insignificant treatment effects on dietary improvements, child 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 information might constrain households in making nutritional investments for their children.
Subjects: 
health information
child health
anemia
cognition
regression discontinuity
India
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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