EARLY LIFE EXPOSURE TO CROP BURNING AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES

Abstract

In-utero and early life shocks have lasting impacts on a plethora of outcomes such as health, human capital, cognition and education. In the recent past, seasonal crop burning after harvest has been causing severe degradation of air quality and has led to worsening of health in those areas. Motivated by these 2 strands of literature our research question is that does in-utero and postnatal exposure to air pollution impact health outcomes of children after birth? And do these impacts vary with gender of child and wealth of households?