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Orazio Attanasio1, Luis Carlos Gomez, Ana Gomez Rojas
1Economics Department, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK. o.attanasio@ucl.ac.uk
Abstract:
We study the determinants of child anthropometrics on a sample of poor Colombian children living in small municipalities. We focus on the influence of household consumption, and public infrastructure, taking into account the endogeneity of household consumption using two different sets of instruments: household assets and municipality average wage. We find that both household consumption and public infrastructure are important determinants of child health. We have also found that the coverage of the piped water network positively influenced child health if the parents have some education.
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