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Anemia, diet, and cognitive development: Impact of health information on diet quality and child nutrition in rural India

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  • Marion Krämer

    (German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn, Germany)

  • Santosh Kumar

    (Department of Economics and International Business, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville TX, USA)

  • Sebastian Vollmer

    (Department of Economics & Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen, Germany)

Abstract

Lack of information about health risks may limit adoption of improved nutritional and healthy behavior. This paper studies the effect of nutrition information intervention on household dietary behavior, child health, and cognitive ability of children in rural India. Using experimental data and regression discontinuity design that exploits the exogenous cutoff of hemoglobin level for anemia, we find statistically insignificant treatment effects on dietary improvements, child health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that nutrition information alone, even when parents are informed about the anemia status of their children, may not promote healthy behavior and factors other than information might constrain households in making nutritional investments for their children.

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  • Marion Krämer & Santosh Kumar & Sebastian Vollmer, "undated". "Anemia, diet, and cognitive development: Impact of health information on diet quality and child nutrition in rural India," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 265, Courant Research Centre PEG.
    • Handle: RePEc:got:gotcrc:265
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    2. Liza von Grafenstein & Abhijeet Kumar & Santosh Kumar & Sebastian Vollmer, 2023. "Medium‐Run Impacts of Iron‐Fortified School Lunch on Anaemia, Cognition, and Learning Outcomes in India," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 85(6), pages 1262-1294, December.
    3. Qihui Chen & Juerong Huang & Yue Hu & Jiale Bao, 2025. "More information, better diet?―regression-discontinuity evidence from hypertension diagnoses in China," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-17, December.
    4. Seoyeon Chang & Sonoko Ishikawa & Naoki Miyamoto & Ryo Takahashi, 2025. "Misperception or Discrimination? Gender Bias in Health Communication on Anemia Prevention," Working Papers 2501, Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics.

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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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