Village Sanitation and Children's Human Capital : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment by the Maharashtra Government

Hammer, Jeffrey; Spears, Dean

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-6580

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Village Sanitation and Children's Human Capital : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment by the Maharashtra Government

dc.contributor.author	Hammer, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.author	Spears, Dean
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-02T17:02:26Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-02T17:02:26Z
dc.date.issued	2013-08
dc.description.abstract	Open defecation is exceptionally widespread in India, a county with puzzlingly high rates of child stunting. This paper reports a randomized controlled trial of a village-level sanitation program, implemented in one district by the government of Maharashtra. The program caused a large but plausible average increase in child height (95 percent confidence interval [0.04 to 0.61] standard deviations), which is an important marker of human capital. The results demonstrate sanitation externalities: an effect even on children in households that did not adopt latrines. Unusually, surveyors also collected data in districts where the government planned but ultimately did not conduct an experiment, permitting analysis of the importance of the set eligible for randomization.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18125015/village-sanitation-childrens-human-capital-evidence-randomized-experiment-maharashtra-government
dc.identifier.citation	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16014
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6580
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	BASIC SANITATION
dc.subject	BEHAVIOR CHANGE
dc.subject	BULLETIN
dc.subject	CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject	CHILD MALNUTRITION
dc.subject	CHILD STUNTING
dc.subject	COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
dc.subject	CURATIVE HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	DEFECATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DIARRHEA
dc.subject	DIARRHEAL DISEASES
dc.subject	DIARRHOEA
dc.subject	DISEASE
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	FAMILY HEALTH
dc.subject	GENDER BIAS
dc.subject	GLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subject	HANDWASHING
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	HEALTH EFFECTS
dc.subject	HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH SURVEYS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LATRINES
dc.subject	HUMAN BIOLOGY
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN WELFARE
dc.subject	IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	INFANTS
dc.subject	INFECTION
dc.subject	INFECTIONS
dc.subject	INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LATRINE CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	LATRINES
dc.subject	MALNUTRITION
dc.subject	MEDICAL CARE
dc.subject	MEDICINE
dc.subject	MODERNIZATION
dc.subject	MORBIDITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	NUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subject	PATHOGENS
dc.subject	POLICY CONCERN
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLICY RESPONSE
dc.subject	POOR HEALTH
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY
dc.subject	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	RESEARCH PROGRAM
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL DISTRICT
dc.subject	SANITARY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SANITATION PROMOTION
dc.subject	SERIES OF MEETINGS
dc.subject	SEX
dc.subject	SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
dc.subject	SPILLOVER
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TOILETS
dc.subject	TREATMENT
dc.subject	UNDERNUTRITION
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject	USE OF LATRINES
dc.subject	VACCINE
dc.subject	VISION
dc.subject	WATER QUALITY
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLIES
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	YOUNG CHILDREN
dc.title	Village Sanitation and Children's Human Capital : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment by the Maharashtra Government	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2013-08-01
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18125015/village-sanitation-childrens-human-capital-evidence-randomized-experiment-maharashtra-government
okr.globalpractice	Water
okr.globalpractice	Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-6580
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000158349_20130820090957
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	18125015
okr.identifier.report	WPS6580
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/08/20/000158349_20130820090957/Rendered/PDF/WPS6580.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	India
okr.topic	Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic	Water Supply and Sanitation :: Hygiene Promotion and Social Marketing
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic	Disease Control and Prevention
okr.topic	Early Child and Children's Health
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	1 of 1
relation.isSeriesOfPublication	26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87