Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?

The effects of public investments aimed at directly improving children's health are theoretically ambiguous, since the outcomes also depend on indirect effects through parental inputs. The authors investigate the role of such inputs in influencing the incidence of child health gains from access...

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Main Authors:	Jalan, Jyotsna, Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	Safe water supply Diarrhoeal diseases Child health Access to water Rural water supply Water sanitation Mothers' education Water storage Water supply & sanitation access to safe drinking water Air child health child mortality contaminated water day care demographics dividends drinking water Economic Review Economics employment equilibrium families Family Planning Health Care health indicators health outcomes health status households housing income income distribution infants intervention intrinsic value medical treatment multipliers nutrition parents piped water Policy makers POLICY RESEARCH poor water quality private goods radio schools selection bias service provision Unsafe drinking water wages water infrastructure water quality water source water storage Water Supply welfare gains
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18199

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spelling	okr-10986-181992021-04-23T14:03:43Z Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India? Jalan, Jyotsna Ravallion, Martin Safe water supply Diarrhoeal diseases Child health Access to water Rural water supply Water sanitation Mothers' education Water storage Water supply & sanitation access to safe drinking water Air child health child mortality contaminated water day care demographics dividends drinking water Economic Review Economics employment equilibrium families Family Planning Health Care health indicators health outcomes health status households housing income income distribution infants intervention intrinsic value medical treatment multipliers nutrition parents piped water Policy makers POLICY RESEARCH poor water quality private goods radio schools selection bias service provision Unsafe drinking water wages water infrastructure water quality water source water storage Water Supply welfare gains The effects of public investments aimed at directly improving children's health are theoretically ambiguous, since the outcomes also depend on indirect effects through parental inputs. The authors investigate the role of such inputs in influencing the incidence of child health gains from access to piped water in rural India. Using propensity score matching methods, they find that the prevalence and duration of diarrhea among children under five are significantly less on average for families with piped water than for families without it. But health gains largely bypass children in poor families, particularly when the mother is poorly educated. The author's findings point to the importance of combing infrastructure investments with effective public action to promote health knowledge and income poverty reduction. 2014-05-08T19:26:51Z 2014-05-08T19:26:51Z 2001-08 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18199 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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topic	Safe water supply Diarrhoeal diseases Child health Access to water Rural water supply Water sanitation Mothers' education Water storage Water supply & sanitation access to safe drinking water Air child health child mortality contaminated water day care demographics dividends drinking water Economic Review Economics employment equilibrium families Family Planning Health Care health indicators health outcomes health status households housing income income distribution infants intervention intrinsic value medical treatment multipliers nutrition parents piped water Policy makers POLICY RESEARCH poor water quality private goods radio schools selection bias service provision Unsafe drinking water wages water infrastructure water quality water source water storage Water Supply welfare gains
spellingShingle	Safe water supply Diarrhoeal diseases Child health Access to water Rural water supply Water sanitation Mothers' education Water storage Water supply & sanitation access to safe drinking water Air child health child mortality contaminated water day care demographics dividends drinking water Economic Review Economics employment equilibrium families Family Planning Health Care health indicators health outcomes health status households housing income income distribution infants intervention intrinsic value medical treatment multipliers nutrition parents piped water Policy makers POLICY RESEARCH poor water quality private goods radio schools selection bias service provision Unsafe drinking water wages water infrastructure water quality water source water storage Water Supply welfare gains Jalan, Jyotsna Ravallion, Martin Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?
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description	The effects of public investments aimed at directly improving children's health are theoretically ambiguous, since the outcomes also depend on indirect effects through parental inputs. The authors investigate the role of such inputs in influencing the incidence of child health gains from access to piped water in rural India. Using propensity score matching methods, they find that the prevalence and duration of diarrhea among children under five are significantly less on average for families with piped water than for families without it. But health gains largely bypass children in poor families, particularly when the mother is poorly educated. The author's findings point to the importance of combing infrastructure investments with effective public action to promote health knowledge and income poverty reduction.
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author	Jalan, Jyotsna Ravallion, Martin
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title	Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?
title_short	Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?
title_full	Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?
title_fullStr	Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?
title_full_unstemmed	Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?
title_sort	does piped water reduce diarrhea for children in rural india?
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Does Piped Water Reduce Diarrhea for Children in Rural India?

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