Title
Direct and indirect effects of a massive piped water expansion on child-related outcomes
Date Issued
01 August 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
We explore the effects of a massive water supply and sanitation expansion on child mortality, schooling, and child labor in Ecuador. We combine census data with project administrative information to identify treated dwellings. A matching differences-in-differences estimator is used to identify treatment effects. We find a child mortality reduction of about 8.1%, an increase in children formal schooling of 1.3%, and a reduction in child labor of 13.7%, all attributable to the intervention. We also find heterogeneous treatment effects suggesting that those in the poorest quartiles benefit the least from the intervention. However, even in the latter case, if a woman had at least primary education, the household may still enjoy benefits.
Start page
1576
End page
1600
Volume
25
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Temas sociales
Pediatría
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85106530762
Source
Review of Development Economics
ISSN of the container
13636669
Sponsor(s)
We are grateful to Bertha Briceno who worked on a very early draft and to seminar participants at McMaster University, the Organization of American States, University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, University of Virginia, World Bank and York University for very useful comments. The data that support the findings of this study are available upon reasonable request. All remaining errors and omissions are our own.
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