Air pollution and child development in India

A. Balietti, Souvik Datta and S. Veljanoska
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A. Balietti: Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
S. Veljanoska: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: In this paper, we study the impact of air pollution on child growth in India. We rely on wind direction to capture quasi-random variation in three main criteria air pollutants. We show that an increase in the average concentration of fine particulate matter by one standard deviation is accountable for almost 5 and 2.4 percentage points of stunting and severe stunting rates, respectively. We also find that ozone and carbon monoxide impact weight-related outcomes. Stunting has critical long-term health and economic consequences; through its impact on stunting, pollution exacerbates the height premium in earnings, with girls being more adversely affected than boys in India. © 2022 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords: Ambient air pollution; Anthropometry; Child health; Height premium; Wind direction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2022, 113, pp.102624. ⟨10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102624⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102624

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