Dean Spears : Citation Profile

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RESEARCH ACTIVITY:

   14 years (2011 - 2025). See details.
   Cites by year: 37
   Journals where Dean Spears has often published
   Relations with other researchers
   Recent citing documents: 44.    Total self citations: 15 (2.75 %)

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Relations with other researchers

Works with:

Authors registered in RePEc who have co-authored more than one work in the last five years with Dean Spears.

Is cited by:

Headey, Derek (23)

Palloni, Giordano (12)

Tyson, Christopher (11)

Cameron, Lisa (10)

Kresch, Evan (8)

Guiteras, Raymond (8)

Hammer, Jeffrey (8)

Hoddinott, John (7)

Saraswat, Deepak (7)

Augsburg, Britta (7)

Lipscomb, Molly (6)

Cites to:

Case, Anne (15)

Banerjee, Abhijit (15)

Gertler, Paul (14)

Mullainathan, Sendhil (14)

Kremer, Michael (13)

Miguel, Edward (11)

Bleakley, Hoyt (11)

Galiani, Sebastian (10)

Schargrodsky, Ernesto (10)

Deaton, Angus (9)

Shah, Manisha (9)

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Where Dean Spears has published?

Journals with more than one article published# docs
Economics & Human Biology3
Economic Development and Cultural Change2

Working Papers Series with more than one paper published# docs
NBER Working Papers / National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc7
Policy Research Working Paper Series / The World Bank5
Working Papers / Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing.2

Recent works citing Dean Spears (2025 and 2024)

YearTitle of citing document
2024The Social Costs of Keystone Species Collapse: Evidence from the Decline of Vultures in India. (2024). Sudarshan, Anant ; Frank, Eyal. In: American Economic Review. RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:114:y:2024:i:10:p:3007-40.

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2024Encouraging Rural Sanitation Take-up: Insights from Experimental Evaluations of Interventions. (2024). Guiteras, Raymond ; Gautam, Sanghmitra ; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq ; Gechter, Michael. In: CEnREP Working Papers. RePEc:ags:nccewp:340057.

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2025Unveiling the Unseen Illness: Public Health Warnings and Heat Stroke. (2025). Lusher, Lester ; Ruberg, Tim. In: CESifo Working Paper Series. RePEc:ces:ceswps:_11772.

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2024Climate change and health transitions: Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar. (2024). Klein, Jordan ; Rasoanomenjanahary, Anjarasoa. In: Demographic Research. RePEc:dem:demres:v:51:y:2024:i:6.

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2024Willingness-to-pay for early childhood development: A field experiment in Western China. (2024). Xian, Yue ; Sylvia, Sean ; Rozelle, Scott ; Wang, Lei ; Song, Chuyu. In: China Economic Review. RePEc:eee:chieco:v:85:y:2024:i:c:s1043951x2400035x.

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2024Health benefits of air pollution reduction: Evidence from economic slowdown in India. (2024). Kyrychenko, Olexiy. In: Economics & Human Biology. RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:55:y:2024:i:c:s1570677x24000893.

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2024Fiscal externalities and underinvestment in early-life human capital: Optimal policy instruments for a developing country. (2024). Spears, Dean ; Lawson, Nicholas. In: Economics & Human Biology. RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:55:y:2024:i:c:s1570677x24000960.

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2025Changes in child height and open defecation in rural India: Understanding improvements between the two most recent demographic surveys. (2025). Vera, Anna ; Vyas, Sangita. In: Economics & Human Biology. RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:57:y:2025:i:c:s1570677x25000176.

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2024Gender composition of children and sanitation behavior in India. (2024). Saraswat, Deepak. In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. RePEc:eee:jeeman:v:125:y:2024:i:c:s0095069624000366.

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2025Heat and humidity on early-life outcomes: Evidence from Mexico. (2025). Hong, Yumin. In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. RePEc:eee:jeeman:v:129:y:2025:i:c:s0095069624001566.

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2025Effects of temperature exposures on early childhood cognitive development and home environment. (2025). Kim, Jun Hyung ; Yue, AI ; Yang, Zhe ; Wu, Wenjie. In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. RePEc:eee:jeeman:v:132:y:2025:i:c:s0095069625000464.

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2024Temperature and children’s dietary diversity: Evidence from India. (2024). Rajkhowa, Pallavi ; Chakrabarti, Suman. In: Food Policy. RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:128:y:2024:i:c:s0306919224001143.

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2024Financial incentives for sanitation take-up: A randomized control trial in rural Vietnam. (2024). Phung, Tung ; Nguyen, Cuong. In: Journal of Health Economics. RePEc:eee:jhecon:v:97:y:2024:i:c:s0167629624000614.

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2024Scarcity and consumption priorities. (2024). Dahan, Momi ; Sayag, Doron. In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics). RePEc:eee:soceco:v:108:y:2024:i:c:s2214804323001738.

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2024Gendered demand for environmental health technologies: Evidence of complementarities from stove auctions in India. (2024). Jeuland, Marc ; Orgill-Meyer, Jennifer ; Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ; Krishnapriya, P P. In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics). RePEc:eee:soceco:v:113:y:2024:i:c:s2214804324001320.

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2024Understanding inconsistencies in risk attitude elicitation games: Evidence from smallholder farmers in five African countries. (2024). Kuhfuss, Laure ; Govigli, Valentino Marini ; Setti, Marco ; Piras, Simone ; Kahsay, Haftom Bayray. In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics). RePEc:eee:soceco:v:113:y:2024:i:c:s2214804324001447.

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2025Excess neonatal mortality among private facility births in rural parts of high-mortality states of India: Demographic analysis of a national survey. (2025). Franz, Nathan ; Verma, Asmita ; Kumar, Alok ; Spears, Dean ; Srivastav, Nikhil ; Coffey, Diane ; Priya, Aditi. In: Social Science & Medicine. RePEc:eee:socmed:v:379:y:2025:i:c:s0277953625004885.

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2024Social setting, gender, and preferences for improved sanitation: Evidence from experimental games in rural India. (2024). Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ; Pakhtigian, Emily L. In: World Development. RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:177:y:2024:i:c:s0305750x24000263.

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2024Caste Differences in Child Growth: Disentangling Endowment and Investment Effects. (2024). Cummins, Joseph ; Agarwal, Neha ; Guo, Jingyan ; Bergmann, Andrew ; Aiyar, Anaka ; Jain, Vaishali. In: World Development. RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:179:y:2024:i:c:s0305750x24000688.

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2025To use financial incentives or not? Insights from experiments in encouraging sanitation investments in four countries. (2025). Gechter, Michael ; Gautam, Sanghmitra ; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq ; Guiteras, Raymond P. In: World Development. RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:187:y:2025:i:c:s0305750x24002614.

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2025Remittances, sanitation and child malnutrition in middle-income countries: A case study from rural Northeast Thailand and Central Vietnam. (2025). Rahut, Dil ; Do, Manh Hung ; Nguyen, Trung Thanh. In: World Development. RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:190:y:2025:i:c:s0305750x25000609.

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2025Narrative Review on Infants’ Thermoregulatory Response to Heat. (2025). van De, Eline ; Daanen, Hein. In: IJERPH. RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:22:y:2025:i:8:p:1265-:d:1723271.

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2025Transformations in Urban Human Settlements Within China’s Sustainable Development Innovation Demonstration Zones: A Case Study of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, During Rapid Urbanization. (2025). Miao, Junxia ; Zhao, Xueyan ; Wang, Qinhua ; Gao, Feng ; Xu, Bingxin. In: Land. RePEc:gam:jlands:v:14:y:2025:i:2:p:431-:d:1594595.

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2025Neonatal Mortality Rate in the Context of Air Pollution: A Comparative Investigation. (2025). Oroszlnyov, Melinda ; Yazd, Sahar Daghagh ; Alako, Nilfer Pekin. In: Sustainability. RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:17:p:7662-:d:1732175.

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2024The Global Sanitary Revolution in Historical Perspective. (2024). Gallardo-Albarrán, Daniel ; Gallardo-Albarran, Daniel. In: Working Papers. RePEc:hes:wpaper:0247.

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2025Heat exposure and the incidence of diseases in children: Evidence from sub-Saharan countries. (2025). Francescutto, Nicola. In: IRENE Working Papers. RePEc:irn:wpaper:25-06.

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2025Open Defecation Is Negatively Associated with Reported COVID-19 Deaths in Rural India. Are Shared Toilets the Reason?. (2025). Dorlien, Audrey M ; Kerwin, Jason ; Pandey, Divya. In: IZA Discussion Papers. RePEc:iza:izadps:dp18269.

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2025Defining and Characterizing Temporary Childbirth Migration in India. (2025). el Ayadi, Alison M ; Juvekar, Sanjay ; Raut, Shrish ; Murro, Rachel ; Agarwal, Dhiraj ; Patil, Rutuja ; Diamond-Smith, Nadia G. In: Population Research and Policy Review. RePEc:kap:poprpr:v:44:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s11113-025-09947-1.

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2024Do Toilets Save Young Children�fs Lives? Evidence from Cambodia. (2024). Yamada, Hiroyuki ; Vu, Tien. In: Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series. RePEc:keo:dpaper:2024-007.

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2024Unveiling the Unseen Illness: Public Health Warnings and Heat Stroke. (2024). Lusher, Lester ; Ruberg, Tim. In: Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series. RePEc:keo:dpaper:2024-020.

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2025Beyond GDP: Quantifying Heterogeneous Impact of Climate Change on Well-being and Social Progress. (2025). Kumar, Naveen. In: SocArXiv. RePEc:osf:socarx:j5kyc_v1.

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2024Internal Migration and Development in India. (2024). Rajan, Irudaya S ; Datta, Amrita. In: Indian Journal of Human Development. RePEc:sae:inddev:v:18:y:2024:i:1:p:7-19.

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2024How Money Scarcity Influences Individuals€™ Cognitive Control. (2024). Shi, Wendian ; Liu, Shengmin ; Wang, Qiangqiang. In: SAGE Open. RePEc:sae:sagope:v:14:y:2024:i:2:p:21582440241253740.

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2024Climate, desertification, and local human development: evidence from 1564 regions around the world. (2024). Percoco, Marco ; Malpede, Maurizio. In: The Annals of Regional Science. RePEc:spr:anresc:v:72:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s00168-022-01204-z.

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2025Effect of Disasters Induced by Natural Hazards on Child Mortality in Africa. (2025). Bitting, Cyrille Dominick ; Chaves, Cristina. In: Economics of Disasters and Climate Change. RePEc:spr:ediscc:v:9:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s41885-024-00163-3.

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2024The role of women’s empowerment on child nutrition in India: a longitudinal analysis. (2024). Chatterjee, Poulami ; Dubey, Amaresh. In: Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development. RePEc:spr:endesu:v:26:y:2024:i:6:d:10.1007_s10668-023-03183-3.

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2024Victim’s identification and social categorization: first- and second-order effects on altruistic behavior. (2024). Porro, Giuseppe ; Galmarini, Umberto ; Regasa, Wubeshet. In: International Review of Economics. RePEc:spr:inrvec:v:71:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s12232-024-00475-6.

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2025Performing in high-pressure situations: the case of tennis players up a break and serving for the set. (2025). Zimmer, David ; Goff, Brian ; Wilson, Dennis. In: Applied Economics. RePEc:taf:applec:v:57:y:2025:i:39:p:6138-6147.

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2024Caste Differences in Child Growth: Disentangling Endowment and Investment Effects. (2024). Cummins, Joseph ; Agarwal, Neha ; Guo, Jingyan ; Bergmann, Andrew ; Aiyar, Anaka ; Jain, Vaishali. In: Working Papers. RePEc:ucr:wpaper:202401.

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2025Commodity price volatility and the psychological well‐being of farmers. (2025). Tarp, Finn ; SINGHAL, SAURABH. In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics. RePEc:wly:ajagec:v:107:y:2025:i:1:p:269-289.

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2024Mothers school starting age and infant health. (2024). Patiño-Rodriguez, David ; Gonzalez, Libertad ; Borra, Cristina ; Patio, David. In: Health Economics. RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:33:y:2024:i:6:p:1153-1191.

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2024Walking for water and fuelwood: Welfare implications for women and children in Ghana. (2024). Lambonquayefio, Monica P. In: Journal of International Development. RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:36:y:2024:i:1:p:365-397.

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2024Sanitation conditions and education outcomes in Brazilian municipalities. (2024). Azzoni, Carlos ; Filho, Naercio Menezes ; Scriptore, Juliana Souza. In: Sustainable Development. RePEc:wly:sustdv:v:32:y:2024:i:3:p:1987-2000.

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2024Navigating the path to human well‐being amidst climate change in Asian countries. (2024). Tuffour, Joseph Kwadwo ; Asante, Grace Nkansa ; Gui, Peng ; Pickson, Robert Becker. In: Sustainable Development. RePEc:wly:sustdv:v:32:y:2024:i:6:p:7367-7381.

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Works by Dean Spears:

YearTitleTypeCited
2011Economic Decision-Making in Poverty Depletes Behavioral Control In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy.
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2011Intertemporal Bounded Rationality as Consideration Sets with Contraction Consistency In: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics.
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2012WHO IS THE IDENTIFIABLE VICTIM?--CASTE INTERACTS WITH SYMPATHY IN INDIA In: Working papers.
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2012Height and cognitive achievement among Indian children In: Economics & Human Biology.
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2016What doesnt kill you makes you poorer: Adult wages and early-life mortality in India In: Economics & Human Biology.
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2016Disease externalities and net nutrition: Evidence from changes in sanitation and child height in Cambodia, 2005–2010 In: Economics & Human Biology.
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2014Decision costs and price sensitivity: Field experimental evidence from India In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
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2016Village sanitation and child health: Effects and external validity in a randomized field experiment in rural India In: Journal of Health Economics.
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2017Switching to sanitation: Understanding latrine adoption in a representative panel of rural Indian households In: Social Science & Medicine.
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2015The power of WASH: Why sanitation matters for nutrition In: IFPRI book chapters.
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2013Poverty and probability: aspiration and aversion to compound lotteries in El Salvador and India In: Experimental Economics.
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2015Short-Term Labor Migration from Rural North India: Evidence from New Survey Data In: Population Research and Policy Review.
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2015Neighborhood Sanitation and Infant Mortality In: NBER Working Papers.
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2016Sanitation, Disease Externalities, and Anemia: Evidence From Nepal In: NBER Working Papers.
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2018Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World In: NBER Working Papers.
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2019Inversions in US Presidential Elections: 1836-2016 In: NBER Working Papers.
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2020The Risk of Narrow, Disputable Results in the U.S. Electoral College: 1836-2020 In: NBER Working Papers.
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2025Childless or Child-fewer? Childlessness and Parity Progression where Fertility is Below Replacement In: NBER Working Papers.
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2025Is Less Really More? Comparing the Climate and Productivity Impacts of a Shrinking Population In: NBER Working Papers.
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2013Policy Lessons from the Implementation of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign In: India Policy Forum.
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2012How much international variation in child height can sanitation explain? In: Working Papers.
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2012How much international variation in child height can sanitation explain?.(2012) In: Working Papers.
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2013How much international variation in child height can sanitation explain ?.(2013) In: Policy Research Working Paper Series.
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2013Village sanitation externalities and childrens human capital: Evidence from a randomized experiment by the Maharashtra government In: Working Papers.
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2017Place and Child Health: The Interaction of Population Density and Sanitation in Developing Countries In: Demography.
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2014Place and child health : the interaction of population density and sanitation in developing countries.(2014) In: Policy Research Working Paper Series.
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2017Making people happy or making happy people? Questionnaire-experimental studies of population ethics and policy In: Social Choice and Welfare.
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2013Caste, Cleanliness and Cash: Effects of Caste-Based Political Reservations in Rajasthan on a Sanitation Prize In: Journal of Development Studies.
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2014Having a Son Promotes Clean Cooking Fuel Use in Urban India: Womens Status and Son Preference In: Economic Development and Cultural Change.
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2016Who Is the Identifiable Victim? Caste and Charitable Giving in Modern India In: Economic Development and Cultural Change.
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2013Village sanitation and childrens human capital : evidence from a randomized experiment by the Maharashtra government In: Policy Research Working Paper Series.
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2013Effects of early-life exposure to sanitation on childhood cognitive skills : evidence from Indias total sanitation campaign In: Policy Research Working Paper Series.
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2014What doesnt kill you makes you poorer : adult wages and the early-life disease environment in India In: Policy Research Working Paper Series.
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