Local Water Quality, Diarrheal Disease, and the Unintended Consequences of Soda Taxes

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Local Water Quality, Diarrheal Disease, and the Unintended Consequences of Soda Taxes

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dc.contributor.author	Gutierrez, Emilio
dc.contributor.author	Rubli, Adrian
dc.date.accessioned	2023-12-15T19:10:28Z
dc.date.available	2023-12-15T19:10:28Z
dc.date.issued	2021-04-19
dc.description.abstract	Could taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in areas where clean water is unavailable lead to increases in diarrheal disease? An excise tax introduced in Mexico in 2014 led to a significant 6.6 percent increase in gastrointestinal disease rates in areas lacking safe drinking water throughout the first year of the tax, with evidence of a diminishing impact in the second year. Suggestive evidence of a differential increase in the consumption of bottled water by households without access to safe water two years post-tax provides a potential explanation for this declining pattern. The costs implied by these results are small, particularly compared to tax revenues and the potential public health benefits. However, these findings inform the need for accompanying soda taxes with policy interventions that guarantee safe drinking water for vulnerable populations.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/40743
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dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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dc.rights.holder	World Bank
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dc.subject	WATER QUALITY
dc.subject	SUGAR TAXES
dc.subject	GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
dc.subject	AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR
dc.title	Local Water Quality, Diarrheal Disease, and the Unintended Consequences of Soda Taxes	en
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okr.date.disclosure	2021-04-19
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okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country	Mexico
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Health Indicators
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Health Monitoring & Evaluation
okr.unit	Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume	36 (1)
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