RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Saving Lives
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1014
OP 1052
DO 10.3368/jhr.49.4.1014
VO 49
IS 4
A1 Meller, Marian
A1 Litschig, Stephan
YR 2014
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/4/1014.abstract
AB This paper evaluates the impact of a conditional food supplementation program on child mortality in Ecuador. The program (PANN 2000) was implemented by regular staff at local public health posts and consisted of offering free micronutrient-fortified food for children aged 6–24 months in exchange for routine health checkups. Our regression discontinuity design exploits the fact that the program was initially running only in the poorest communities of certain provinces. We find that its presence reduced child mortality in cohorts with eight months of differential exposure from a level of about 2.5 percent by 1 to 1.5 percentage points.