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VIDEO A Bit of Salt A Trace of Life Gender Norms and The Impact of a Salt Iodization Program on Human Capital Formation of School Aged Children

17 November 2020
This paper examines the effects of a massive salt iodization program on human capital formation of schoolaged children in China. Exploiting province and time variation, we find a strong positive impact on cognition for girls and no effects for boys. For non-cognitive skills, we find the opposite…

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