Anca Balietti

Anca Balietti is a postdoctoral Research Fellow at Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at Harvard Kennedy School. Her research interests include environmental economics, climate change economics, economics of growth and green growth, development economics, health economics, household finance, and sustainability of the financial system. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where her research focussed on the economics of climate change mitigation.

Indoor air pollution and stunting among Indian children
While the conversation on air quality has been focussed largely on outdoor air pollution, millions of deaths occur due to indoor air pollution as well. Based on 2005–2006 National Family Health Survey data, this column presents strong evidence that exposure to indoor air pollution from burning solid fuels increases the probability of stunting among children in India.
