Shanti Gamper?Rabindran|Shakeeb Khan|Christopher Timmins
The impact of piped water provision on infant mortality in Brazil: A quantile panel data approach
University of Pittsburgh|Duke University|Duke University
examine impact piped water under1 infant mortality rate imr brazil using recently developed econometric procedure estimation quantile treatment effects panel data provision piped water brazil highly correlated observable unobservable determinants imr latter leading important source bias instruments piped water provision readily available fixed effects control timeinvariant correlated unobservables invalid simple quantile regression framework using quantile panel data procedure chen khan chen khan semiparametric estimation nonstationary censored panel model data models timevarying factor econometric theory 2007 forthcoming estimates indicate provision piped water reduces infant mortality significantly higher conditional quantiles imr distribution lower conditional quantiles except cases extreme underdevelopment results imply targeting piped water intervention toward areas upper quantiles conditional imr distribution accompanied basic public health inputs achieve significantly greater reductions infant mortality