title: Child health in rural Colombia: determinants and policy interventions.
abstract: We study the determinants of child anthropometrics on a sample of poor Colombian children living in small municipalities. We focus on the influence of household consumption, and public infrastructure, taking into account the endogeneity of household consumption using two different sets of instruments: household assets and municipality average wage. We find that both household consumption and public infrastructure are important determinants of child health. We have also found that the coverage of the piped water network positively influenced child health if the parents have some education.
authors.affiliation: Economics Department, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK. o.attanasio@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Orazio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Attanasio
authors.forename: Luis Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: Ana Gomez
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vera-Hernández
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003105:Colombia; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D012423:Rural Health