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

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dc.creatorHammer, Jeffrey
dc.creatorSpears, Dean
dc.date2013-10-02T17:02:26Z
dc.date2013-10-02T17:02:26Z
dc.date2013-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:59:27Z
dc.descriptionOpen 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.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18125015/village-sanitation-childrens-human-capital-evidence-randomized-experiment-maharashtra-government
dc.identifierWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16014
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6580
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/413948
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6580
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectBASIC SANITATION
dc.subjectBEHAVIOR CHANGE
dc.subjectBULLETIN
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD MALNUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILD STUNTING
dc.subjectCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE
dc.subjectCURATIVE HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectDEFECATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDIARRHEA
dc.subjectDIARRHEAL DISEASES
dc.subjectDIARRHOEA
dc.subjectDISEASE
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subjectEPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectFAMILY HEALTH
dc.subjectGENDER BIAS
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectHANDWASHING
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectHEALTH EFFECTS
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LATRINES
dc.subjectHUMAN BIOLOGY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN WELFARE
dc.subjectIMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectINFANTS
dc.subjectINFECTION
dc.subjectINFECTIONS
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLATRINE CONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectLATRINES
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMEDICAL CARE
dc.subjectMEDICINE
dc.subjectMODERNIZATION
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectPATHOGENS
dc.subjectPOLICY CONCERN
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLICY RESPONSE
dc.subjectPOOR HEALTH
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectPOSTNEONATAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectPRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectRESEARCH PROGRAM
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DISTRICT
dc.subjectSANITARY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSANITATION PROMOTION
dc.subjectSERIES OF MEETINGS
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSOCIAL MOBILIZATION
dc.subjectSPILLOVER
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTOILETS
dc.subjectTREATMENT
dc.subjectUNDERNUTRITION
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectUSE OF LATRINES
dc.subjectVACCINE
dc.subjectVISION
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLIES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILDREN
dc.titleVillage Sanitation and Children's Human Capital : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment by the Maharashtra Government

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