Lung?fei Lee|Mark R. Rosenzweig|Mark M. Pitt
The effects of improved nutrition, sanitation, and water quality on child health in high-mortality populations
University of Hong Kong|Hong Kong University of Science and Technology|University of Pennsylvania|Brown University|Providence College
framework set estimating effects interventions child health considers changes allocation family resources among children survive survival selectivity changes health surviving children net family resources estimates based structuralequations semiparametric models applied data describing households rural areas two lowincome countries indicate conventional reducedform estimates understate effectiveness improving sanitation facilities due reduced allocation household resources children households better facilities mortality selection negligible