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Rainfall shocks, soil health, and child health outcomes

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  • Kishore, Siddharth

    (Colorado State University)

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This paper explores the impact of monsoon rainfall shocks on child health outcomes in rural India at varying levels of soil organic carbon. I combine high resolution spatial data on soil organic carbon content and weather with the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for India (2015-2016) to estimate the linkage between monsoon rainfall shock, soil health, and child health. Weather variables and soil determine crop productivity and thus affect human health through food access in low- and middle-income countries. I contribute to the literature by demonstrating direct and indirect impact of soil health on childhood outcome of wasting. Using a coarsened exact matching method, I estimate that having high soil health can result in 26 percent improvement in child wasting. I also demonstrate that having high soil health can moderate adverse impacts from weather shocks.

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  • Kishore, Siddharth, 2022. "Rainfall shocks, soil health, and child health outcomes," SocArXiv 8gfy9, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:8gfy9
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/8gfy9
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