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Impact of Rural Electrification on Children's Nutrition Status in Bangladesh
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Date&time:
February 18, 2016. (Thursday) 12:30-14:00
Venue:
Theme:
Impact of Rural Electrification on Children's Nutrition Status in Bangladesh
Abstract
We
study
the
impact
of
electrification
in
the
nutrition
status
of
children
under
five
in
rural
Bangladesh.
Using
four
rounds
Bangladesh
Demographic
and
Health
Survey
data
at
individual
level,
adoption
of
electricity
is
found
to
positively
affect
children's
nutritional
status
as
measured
by
their
height-for-age
z-score,
the
results
are
robust
after
controlling
for
variables
that
are
proxy
of
the
household
wealth
status.
The
results
are
further
supported
by
pseudo-panel
analysis
using
two
sets
of
synthetic
data
after
taking
the
location
specific
effect
and
mother
cohort
specific
effect
into
consideration.
Our
estimation
results
show
that
access
to
electricity
helps
improve
the
height-for-age
of
children
by
around
0.2
standard
deviation.
Another
way
to
address
the
potential
endogeneity
problem
is
to
use
the
indicators
for
quality
of
electricity
service
delivery
and
infrastructure
development
as
instrumental
variables
for
electrification
status
at
household
level.
The
positive
and
significant
effect
still
holds
with
instrumental
variable
approach.
We
also
discuss
about
the
possible
channels
to
achieve
such
an
impact.
Speaker:
Tomoki Fujii (Singapore Management University (SMU))
Chair:
Abu SHONCHOY
Languages:
English
KIM, Jiyoung E-mail:Jiyoung_Kim

LEI, Lei E-mail:Lei_Lei

OSADA, Noriyuki E-mail:Noriyuki_Osada
