Sanitation and Externalities : Evidence from Early Childhood Health in Rural India
This paper estimates two sources of benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on early childhood health: a direct benefit a household receives when moving from open to fixed-point defecation or from unimproved sanitation to improved sani...
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okr-10986-168122021-04-23T14:03:33Z Sanitation and Externalities : Evidence from Early Childhood Health in Rural India Andres, Luis A. Briceno, Bertha Chase, Claire Echenique, Juan A. ACCESS TO SANITATION ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADULT HEALTH BENEFITS OF SANITATION CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD IMMUNIZATION CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SURVIVAL CHRONIC DISEASE DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEMAND FOR SANITATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY PLANNING FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FLUSH TOILET FLUSH TOILETS HAND WASHING HANDWASHING HEALTH IMPACT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SANITATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN EXCRETA HYGIENE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKETING MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN ORAL DISEASE ORAL DISEASES PIT LATRINE PIT LATRINES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROWTH PROGRESS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL SANITATION SAFE SANITATION SANITATION SANITATION ACCESS SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION FACILITY SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION INTERVENTIONS SANITATION POLICY SANITATION PROGRAM SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SITUATION SANITATION SOLUTIONS SANITATION TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SEPTIC TANK SEWER SYSTEM SEX SEX OF THE CHILD STUNTING SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOILET TOTAL SANITATION UNDERNUTRITION URBAN AREAS WATER SUPPLY This paper estimates two sources of benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on early childhood health: a direct benefit a household receives when moving from open to fixed-point defecation or from unimproved sanitation to improved sanitation, and an external benefit (externality) produced by the neighborhood's access to sanitation infrastructure. The paper uses a sample of children under 48 months in rural areas of India from the Third Round of District Level Household Survey 2007-08 and finds evidence of positive and significant direct benefits and concave positive external effects for both improved sanitation and fixed-point defecation. There is a 47 percent reduction in diarrhea prevalence between children living in a household without access to improved sanitation in a village without coverage of improved sanitation and children living in a household with access to improved sanitation in a village with complete coverage. One-fourth of this benefit is due to the direct benefit leaving the rest to external gains. Finally, all the benefits from eliminating open defecation come from improved sanitation and not other sanitation solutions. 2014-02-03T20:11:18Z 2014-02-03T20:11:18Z 2014-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18756829/sanitation-externalities-evidence-early-childhood-health-rural-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16812 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6737 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India |
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ACCESS TO SANITATION ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADULT HEALTH BENEFITS OF SANITATION CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD IMMUNIZATION CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SURVIVAL CHRONIC DISEASE DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEMAND FOR SANITATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY PLANNING FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FLUSH TOILET FLUSH TOILETS HAND WASHING HANDWASHING HEALTH IMPACT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SANITATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN EXCRETA HYGIENE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKETING MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN ORAL DISEASE ORAL DISEASES PIT LATRINE PIT LATRINES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROWTH PROGRESS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL SANITATION SAFE SANITATION SANITATION SANITATION ACCESS SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION FACILITY SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION INTERVENTIONS SANITATION POLICY SANITATION PROGRAM SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SITUATION SANITATION SOLUTIONS SANITATION TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SEPTIC TANK SEWER SYSTEM SEX SEX OF THE CHILD STUNTING SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOILET TOTAL SANITATION UNDERNUTRITION URBAN AREAS WATER SUPPLY |
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ACCESS TO SANITATION ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADULT HEALTH BENEFITS OF SANITATION CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD IMMUNIZATION CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SURVIVAL CHRONIC DISEASE DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEMAND FOR SANITATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASE DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY PLANNING FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FLUSH TOILET FLUSH TOILETS HAND WASHING HANDWASHING HEALTH IMPACT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SANITATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN EXCRETA HYGIENE INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKETING MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN ORAL DISEASE ORAL DISEASES PIT LATRINE PIT LATRINES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROWTH PROGRESS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL SANITATION SAFE SANITATION SANITATION SANITATION ACCESS SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION FACILITY SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION INTERVENTIONS SANITATION POLICY SANITATION PROGRAM SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SITUATION SANITATION SOLUTIONS SANITATION TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SEPTIC TANK SEWER SYSTEM SEX SEX OF THE CHILD STUNTING SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOILET TOTAL SANITATION UNDERNUTRITION URBAN AREAS WATER SUPPLY Andres, Luis A. Briceno, Bertha Chase, Claire Echenique, Juan A. Sanitation and Externalities : Evidence from Early Childhood Health in Rural India |
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This paper estimates two sources of
benefits related to sanitation infrastructure access on
early childhood health: a direct benefit a household
receives when moving from open to fixed-point defecation or
from unimproved sanitation to improved sanitation, and an
external benefit (externality) produced by the
neighborhood's access to sanitation infrastructure. The
paper uses a sample of children under 48 months in rural
areas of India from the Third Round of District Level
Household Survey 2007-08 and finds evidence of positive and
significant direct benefits and concave positive external
effects for both improved sanitation and fixed-point
defecation. There is a 47 percent reduction in diarrhea
prevalence between children living in a household without
access to improved sanitation in a village without coverage
of improved sanitation and children living in a household
with access to improved sanitation in a village with
complete coverage. One-fourth of this benefit is due to the
direct benefit leaving the rest to external gains. Finally,
all the benefits from eliminating open defecation come from
improved sanitation and not other sanitation solutions. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Andres, Luis A. Briceno, Bertha Chase, Claire Echenique, Juan A. |
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Andres, Luis A. Briceno, Bertha Chase, Claire Echenique, Juan A. |
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Andres, Luis A. |
| title |
Sanitation and Externalities : Evidence from Early Childhood Health in Rural India |
| title_short |
Sanitation and Externalities : Evidence from Early Childhood Health in Rural India |
| title_full |
Sanitation and Externalities : Evidence from Early Childhood Health in Rural India |
| title_fullStr |
Sanitation and Externalities : Evidence from Early Childhood Health in Rural India |
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Sanitation and Externalities : Evidence from Early Childhood Health in Rural India |
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sanitation and externalities : evidence from early childhood health in rural india |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18756829/sanitation-externalities-evidence-early-childhood-health-rural-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16812 |
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