Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236628 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 282
Publisher: 
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Courant Research Centre - Poverty, Equity and Growth (CRC-PEG), Göttingen
Abstract: 
Long-term follow-up of early childhood health interventions is important for human capital accumulation. We provide experimental evidence on child health and human capital outcomes from the longer-term follow-up of a school-based nutrition 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 hemoglobin levels and a lower likelihood of anemia relative to the control group. Interestingly, the intervention did not have an impact on cognitive and educational outcomes.
Subjects: 
Child health
double-fortified salt
India
school feeding
JEL: 
C93
I15
I18
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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