Externalities and Spillovers from Sanitation and Waste Management in Urban and Rural Neighborhoods

Kresch, Evan Plous; Lipscomb, Molly; Schechter, Laura

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“…It is scaled so that coefficients reflect impacts on deaths per thousand: Y ijt is either 0 if a child survived to the specified age or 1,000 if she did not. 16 The regressor of interest is an indicator for whether the household in which the child lived is Muslim, M ijt . In some specifications, we include controls for the fraction of the PSU that is Muslim ‾ M j , or PSU fixed effects, ϕ jt .…”

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“…15 All specifications include survey round fixed effects. 16 This construction merely scales mortality rates and coefficients to match the standard of expressing rates per 1,000. 17 These controls, labeled "extended controls" in Table 2, include: a full set of birth order indicators interacted with sex (Jayachandran and Pande 2013); indicators for household ownership of each of the seven assets asked about throughout survey rounds, the standard strategy for controlling for SES using these data (Filmer and Pritchett column in Table 2 offers another illustration of the widely-documented mortality puzzle.…”

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Neighborhood Sanitation and Infant Mortality

Geruso

Spears²

2018

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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In this paper, we shed new light on a long-standing puzzle: in India, Muslim children are substantially more likely than Hindu children to survive to their first birthday, even though Indian Muslims have lower wealth, consumption, educational attainment, and access to state services. Contrary to the prior literature, we show that the observed mortality advantage accrues not to Muslim households themselves but rather to their neighbors, who are also likely to be Muslim. Investigating mechanisms, we provide a collage of evidence suggesting externalities due to poor sanitation are a channel linking the religious composition of neighborhoods to infant mortality. (JEL I12, I14, J13, O15, Q53, R23, Z12)

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Neighborhood Sanitation and Infant Mortality

Geruso

Spears²

2018

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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“…Access and service quality tend to be low in rural areas (Chapter 4). These areas are susceptible to the threats of water scarcity and extreme weather events and suffer from the problem of low-quality water sources due to lack of proper wastewater handling (Kresch, Lipscomb, and Schechter, 2019;Thebo et al, 2017). Offering high-quality services in remote or difficult to reach areas is challenging.…”

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“…Building the infrastructure is rarely enough to ensure the population derives the benefits from service provision. This can be the result of a lack of buy-in due to social (Kresch, Lipscomb, and Schechter, 2019) or cultural reasons (Verbyla, Oakley, and Mihelcic, 2013), or difficulties in operating and maintaining the system (Álvarez Prado, 2015;Altafin, 2020;Kresch, Lipscomb, and Schechter, 2019).…”

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From Structures to Services: The Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

Powell¹,

Serebrisky²,

Cavallo³

2020

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Antonio Estache, a citizen of Belgium, holds a PhD in Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He is a professor of economics at his alma mater and a member of the European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics.Roberto Guerrero, a citizen of Mexico, holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an economics senior associate in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank. xxVIII FROM STRUCTURES TO SERVICES Michelle Hallack, a citizen of Brazil, holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris Sud. She is a senior energy specialist in the Energy Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. Robin Hamaker-Taylor, a citizen of the United States, holds an MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics. She is a climate policy and risk consultant at Acclimatise Ltd. Bridget Hoffmann, a citizen of the United States, holds a PhD in Economics from Northwestern University. She is an economics specialist in the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. David López Soto, a citizen of Mexico, holds an MA in Economics from El Colegio de México. He is an economist in the Energy Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. Fabiana Machado, a citizen of Brazil, holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Rochester. She is a senior economist in the Water and Sanitation Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. Laureen Montes Calero, a citizen of Nicaragua, holds an MA in Development and Globalization from the Institute of Development Policy at the University of Antwerp. She is an economist in the Transport Division of the Inter-American Development Bank.

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Externalities and Spillovers from Sanitation and Waste Management in Urban and Rural Neighborhoods

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Neighborhood Sanitation and Infant Mortality

Neighborhood Sanitation and Infant Mortality

From Structures to Services: The Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

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