Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh

Despite Bangladesh's notable progress toward the eradication of open defecation, the country still faces severe deficits in the availability of improved sanitation. This paper analyzes the impact of exposure to unimproved sanitation early in c...

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Main Authors:	Joseph, George, Hoo, Yi Rong, Moqueet, Nazia Sultana, Chellaraj, Gnanaraj
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	SANITATION FECAL CONTAMINATION EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/770481574087238775/Impact-of-Early-Life-Exposure-to-Environments-with-Unimproved-Sanitation-on-Education-Outcomes-Evidence-from-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32668

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spelling	okr-10986-326682022-09-20T00:13:50Z Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh Joseph, George Hoo, Yi Rong Moqueet, Nazia Sultana Chellaraj, Gnanaraj SANITATION FECAL CONTAMINATION EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Despite Bangladesh's notable progress toward the eradication of open defecation, the country still faces severe deficits in the availability of improved sanitation. This paper analyzes the impact of exposure to unimproved sanitation early in childhood on primary school enrollment status, using pseudo-panel data for children ages six to nine years in Bangladesh. The results indicate that unimproved sanitation has a negative and significant impact on primary school enrollment. A child's early exposure to unimproved sanitation decreases the likelihood of being enrolled in primary school by eight to ten percentage points on average compared with a child with access to improved sanitation. The effect is particularly strong -- a difference of 8 to 10 percentage points -- for children ages six to seven. It is also strong in rural areas. The results are statistically robust to errors due to potential omitted variable bias. 2019-11-21T20:00:48Z 2019-11-21T20:00:48Z 2019-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/770481574087238775/Impact-of-Early-Life-Exposure-to-Environments-with-Unimproved-Sanitation-on-Education-Outcomes-Evidence-from-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32668 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9059 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Bangladesh
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spellingShingle	SANITATION FECAL CONTAMINATION EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Joseph, George Hoo, Yi Rong Moqueet, Nazia Sultana Chellaraj, Gnanaraj Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh
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description	Despite Bangladesh's notable progress toward the eradication of open defecation, the country still faces severe deficits in the availability of improved sanitation. This paper analyzes the impact of exposure to unimproved sanitation early in childhood on primary school enrollment status, using pseudo-panel data for children ages six to nine years in Bangladesh. The results indicate that unimproved sanitation has a negative and significant impact on primary school enrollment. A child's early exposure to unimproved sanitation decreases the likelihood of being enrolled in primary school by eight to ten percentage points on average compared with a child with access to improved sanitation. The effect is particularly strong -- a difference of 8 to 10 percentage points -- for children ages six to seven. It is also strong in rural areas. The results are statistically robust to errors due to potential omitted variable bias.
format	Working Paper
author	Joseph, George Hoo, Yi Rong Moqueet, Nazia Sultana Chellaraj, Gnanaraj
author_facet	Joseph, George Hoo, Yi Rong Moqueet, Nazia Sultana Chellaraj, Gnanaraj
author_sort	Joseph, George
title	Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_short	Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_full	Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh
title_sort	impact of early life exposure to environments with unimproved sanitation on education outcomes : evidence from bangladesh
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/770481574087238775/Impact-of-Early-Life-Exposure-to-Environments-with-Unimproved-Sanitation-on-Education-Outcomes-Evidence-from-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32668
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Impact of Early Life Exposure to Environments with Unimproved Sanitation on Education Outcomes : Evidence from Bangladesh

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