Exploiting Externalities to Estimate the Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Deworming

Exploiting Externalities to Estimate the Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Deworming

This paper investigates whether a large-scale deworming intervention aimed at primary school pupils in western Kenya had long-term effects on young children in the region. The paper exploits positive externalities from the program to estimate the i...

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Main Author: Ozier, Owen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AGED
AID
ANCYLOSTOMA
ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE
ANEMIA
ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
ATTENTION
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BLIND
BRAIN
CHEMOTHERAPY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION
COGNITION
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS
COGNITIVE OUTCOMES
COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
DEWORMING
DIAGNOSIS
DISEASE
DISEASE CONTROL
DISEASES
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILIES
GENDER
HEALTH SURVEYS
HELMINTHIASIS
HELMINTHS
HOOKWORM
HOOKWORMS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HYGIENE
IMPAIRMENTS
INFANTS
INFECTION
INFECTIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFORMATION PROCESSING
INTELLIGENCE
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
INTESTINAL PARASITES
INTESTINAL WORMS
IRON
IRON SUPPLEMENTATION
LEADERSHIP
MALNUTRITION
MEMORY
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
NECATOR
NECATOR AMERICANUS
NEMATODE INFECTIONS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION
OLDER CHILDREN
PARASITOLOGY
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PUBLIC HEALTH
REASONING
SCHISTOSOMA
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
SEX
SIBLINGS
SYMPTOMS
TREATMENT
TROPICAL DISEASES
TROPICAL MEDICINE
VECTORS
VIOLENCE
WAGES
WEIGHT GAIN
YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20258469/exploiting-externalities-estimate-long-term-effects-early-childhood-deworming
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20516

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20258469/exploiting-externalities-estimate-long-term-effects-early-childhood-deworming
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20516

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