Saving Lives
研究评估了厄瓜多尔一项针对6-24个月儿童的有条件食品补充计划，发现该计划使儿童死亡率降低1到1.5个百分点，对政策制定者和公共卫生从业者有参考价值。
Abstract This paper evaluates the impact of a conditional food supplementation program on child mortality in Ecuador. The program (PANN 2000) was implemented by regular staff at local public health posts and consisted of offering free micronutrient-fortified food for children aged 6–24 months in exchange for routine health checkups. Our regression discontinuity design exploits the fact that the program was initially running only in the poorest communities of certain provinces. We find that its presence reduced child mortality in cohorts with eight months of differential exposure from a level of about 2.5 percent by 1 to 1.5 percentage points.