With the Help of One's Neighbors : Externalities in the Production of Nutrition in Peru
Both public, and private resources contribute to children's nutritional status. And investments by one household may improve health in other neighborhood households, by improving the sanitation environment, and increasing shared knowledge. The...
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okr-10986-196032021-04-23T14:03:43Z With the Help of One's Neighbors : Externalities in the Production of Nutrition in Peru Alderman, Harold Hentschel, Jesko Sabates, Ricardo BASIC SERVICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CITIES DECISION MAKING DECISIONMAKING DRINKING WATER ECONOMICS EXPENDITURES FLUSH TOILET HEALTH CARE HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN WASTE INCOME INVESTMENTS IN WATER SUPPLY LIVING STANDARDS NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRIENTS NUTRITION POLICY RESEARCH PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC STANDPIPE PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY WATER ROADS RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL POPULATION RURAL SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION INVESTMENTS SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION WATER SECURE WATER SUPPLY SEPTIC TANK SERVICE PROVISION TOILET FACILITIES TOILETS TOWNS URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY Both public, and private resources contribute to children's nutritional status. And investments by one household may improve health in other neighborhood households, by improving the sanitation environment, and increasing shared knowledge. The authors measure the externalities of investments in nutrition, by indicating the impact of women's education in Peruvian neighborhoods, on children's nutrition in other households, after controlling for those households' education, and income. They find that in rural areas this shared knowledge has a significant impact on nutrition. The coefficient of an increase in the average education in the neighborhood is appreciably larger than the coefficient of education in isolation. That is, educating women in rural areas, improves all children's nutritional status, even for those whose caregivers are themselves not educated. In both urban, and rural areas, they observe externalities from investments in sanitation made by neighboring households. They do not find the same externalities in the case of investments, only in the household water supply. There is a direct link between the caregivers' education, and their children's health status. Education transmits information about health, and nutrition. It teaches numeracy, and literacy, which help caregivers read labels, and instructions. Bu exposing caregivers to new environments, it makes them receptive to modern medical treatment. It gives women the confidence to participate in decision-making within a household, and it gives men, and women the confidence to interact with health care professionals. 2014-08-21T20:11:25Z 2014-08-21T20:11:25Z 2001-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1551926/help-ones-neighbors-externalities-production-nutrition-peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19603 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2627 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Peru |
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BASIC SERVICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CITIES DECISION MAKING DECISIONMAKING DRINKING WATER ECONOMICS EXPENDITURES FLUSH TOILET HEALTH CARE HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN WASTE INCOME INVESTMENTS IN WATER SUPPLY LIVING STANDARDS NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRIENTS NUTRITION POLICY RESEARCH PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC STANDPIPE PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY WATER ROADS RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL POPULATION RURAL SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION INVESTMENTS SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION WATER SECURE WATER SUPPLY SEPTIC TANK SERVICE PROVISION TOILET FACILITIES TOILETS TOWNS URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY |
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BASIC SERVICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CITIES DECISION MAKING DECISIONMAKING DRINKING WATER ECONOMICS EXPENDITURES FLUSH TOILET HEALTH CARE HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN WASTE INCOME INVESTMENTS IN WATER SUPPLY LIVING STANDARDS NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRIENTS NUTRITION POLICY RESEARCH PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC STANDPIPE PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY WATER ROADS RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL POPULATION RURAL SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION INVESTMENTS SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION WATER SECURE WATER SUPPLY SEPTIC TANK SERVICE PROVISION TOILET FACILITIES TOILETS TOWNS URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY Alderman, Harold Hentschel, Jesko Sabates, Ricardo With the Help of One's Neighbors : Externalities in the Production of Nutrition in Peru |
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Both public, and private resources
contribute to children's nutritional status. And
investments by one household may improve health in other
neighborhood households, by improving the sanitation
environment, and increasing shared knowledge. The authors
measure the externalities of investments in nutrition, by
indicating the impact of women's education in Peruvian
neighborhoods, on children's nutrition in other
households, after controlling for those households'
education, and income. They find that in rural areas this
shared knowledge has a significant impact on nutrition. The
coefficient of an increase in the average education in the
neighborhood is appreciably larger than the coefficient of
education in isolation. That is, educating women in rural
areas, improves all children's nutritional status, even
for those whose caregivers are themselves not educated. In
both urban, and rural areas, they observe externalities from
investments in sanitation made by neighboring households.
They do not find the same externalities in the case of
investments, only in the household water supply. There is a
direct link between the caregivers' education, and
their children's health status. Education transmits
information about health, and nutrition. It teaches
numeracy, and literacy, which help caregivers read labels,
and instructions. Bu exposing caregivers to new
environments, it makes them receptive to modern medical
treatment. It gives women the confidence to participate in
decision-making within a household, and it gives men, and
women the confidence to interact with health care professionals. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Alderman, Harold Hentschel, Jesko Sabates, Ricardo |
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Alderman, Harold Hentschel, Jesko Sabates, Ricardo |
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Alderman, Harold |
| title |
With the Help of One's Neighbors : Externalities in the Production of Nutrition in Peru |
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With the Help of One's Neighbors : Externalities in the Production of Nutrition in Peru |
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With the Help of One's Neighbors : Externalities in the Production of Nutrition in Peru |
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With the Help of One's Neighbors : Externalities in the Production of Nutrition in Peru |
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With the Help of One's Neighbors : Externalities in the Production of Nutrition in Peru |
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with the help of one's neighbors : externalities in the production of nutrition in peru |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1551926/help-ones-neighbors-externalities-production-nutrition-peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19603 |
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