

@article {7206,
	title = {The impact of water quality on health: evidence from the drinking water infrastructure program in rural {China}},
	journal = {Journal of Health Economics},
	volume = {31},
	number = {1},
	year = {2012},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {122{\textendash}134},
	abstract = {This paper investigates the effect of a major water quality improvement program in rural China on the health of adults and children. Using panel data covering about 4500 households from 1989 to 2006, I estimate the impact of introducing village-level access to water from water plants on various measures of health. The regression results imply that the illness incidence of adults decreased by 11 percent and their weight-for-height increased by 0.835kg/m, and that children{\textquoteright}s weight-for-height and height itself both rose by 0.446kg/m and 0.962cm respectively, as a result of the program. And these estimates are quite stable across different robustness checks.},
	keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Child, China, drinking water, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Preschool, Program Evaluation, rural health, Water quality},
	issn = {1879-1646},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.08.008},
	author = {Zhang, Jing}
}
