Anemia, diet, and cognitive development: Impact of health information on diet quality and child nutrition in rural India

Marion Krämer (), Santosh Kumar () and Sebastian Vollmer
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Marion Krämer: German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn, Germany
Santosh Kumar: Department of Economics and International Business, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville TX, USA
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Santosh Kumar Gautam

No 265, Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers from Courant Research Centre PEG

Abstract: Lack of information about health risks may limit adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper studies the effect of nutrition information intervention on household dietary behavior, child health, and cognitive ability 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 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 households in making nutritional investments for their children.

Keywords: Health information; Child health; Anemia; Cognition; Regression discontinuity; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I15 I18 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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