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2022
- handle: 10670/1.pux1yn
- hal: hal-03662124
- doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102624
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A. Balietti et al., « Air pollution and child development in India », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102624
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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.