Publications [#21609] of Alessandro Tarozzi

Journal Articles

1. "The Indian Public Distribution System as Provider of Food Security: Evidence from Child Anthropometry in Andhra Pradesh," Alessandro Tarozzi, European Economic Review 49.5 (July, 2005): 1305-1330.
   (last updated on 2006/08/29)

   Abstract:
   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 different estimation techniques we find that longer exposure to high prices are not accompanied by worse nutritional status, as measured by weight-for-age.