Jyotsna Jalan|Martin Ravallion
Does piped water reduce diarrhea for children in rural India?
World Bank|Indian Statistical Institute|World Bank|Indian Statistical Institute
impacts public investments directly improve childrens health theoretically ambiguous given outcomes also depend parentally provided inputs using propensity score matching methods find prevalence duration diarrhea among children five rural india significantly lower average families piped water observationally identical households without however results indicate health gains largely bypass children poor families particularly mother poorly educated findings point importance combining water infrastructure investments effective public action promote health knowledge income poverty reduction