| Title | Worms at work : long-run impacts of child health gains |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | Baird, S, J. Hicks, H, Kremer, M, Miguel, E |
| Pagination | 49, ix p.; 3 fig.; 9 tab. |
| Date Published | 2011-05-01 |
| Publisher | S.n. |
| Place Published | S.l. |
| Keywords | child health, health, health care, health hazards, kenya, living conditions, public health, schools |
| Abstract | Examined is the impact of a child-health program on adult living standards by following participants in a deworming program in Kenya that began in 1998. The effective tracking rate was 83% over a decade. Treatment individuals received two to three more years of deworming than the comparison group. Self-reported health, years enrolled in school, and test scores improve significantly, hours worked increase by 12%, and work days lost to illness fall by a third in the treatment group. Treatment individuals report eating an average of 0.1 additional meals per day. Point estimates suggest substantial externalities among those living within 6 km of treatment schools, although significance levels vary due to large standard errors. Within the subsample working for wages, earnings are 21 to 29% higher for the treatment group. Most of the earnings gains are explained by sectoral shifts, including a doubling of manufacturing employment. Small business performance also improves among the self-employed. The results indicate that school based deworming is a very attractive public investment. [authors abstract] |
| Notes | With 85 references |
| Custom 1 | 142.0 |
