The Indian Public Distribution System as provider of food security: Evidence from child nutrition in Andhra Pradesh
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We study whether a sudden increase of the price of rice supplied by the Indian Public Distribution System in Andhra Pradesh, a large Indian state, had a negative impact on child nutrition. A few months after the price increase, a health survey started to record weight for a large sample of children. The data collection continued for several months, so that children measured later lived for a longer period of time in a less favorable price regime. Using di3erent estimation techniques we 5nd that longer exposure to high prices are not accompanied by worse nutritional status, as measured by weight-for-age. c © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classi'cation: I12; I38; H42; H53; O15; Q18
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