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Consequences of the Clean Water Act and the Demand for Water Quality
Keiser, David A. - 2017
Since the 1972 U.S. Clean Water Act, government and industry have invested over $1 trillion to abate water pollution …'s grants to municipal wastewater treatment plants, which account for $650 billion in expenditure, caused some of these declines …
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Energy and the Environment in Economic History
Clay, Karen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
waste, which had large mortality impacts, particularly in cities. This essay reviews long run trends in energy use and water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322795
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Water Treatment and Child Mortality : Evidence from Kenya
Haushofer, Johannes; Kremer, Michael; Maertens Odria, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Each year, around 500,000 children under 5 die from diarrhea, making it the third-leading cause of death in this age group. More than 80 percent of these deaths are attributable to unsafe drinking water. Drinking water can be made safe through dilute chlorine solution, but take-up of this...
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Water Purification Efforts and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap, 1906-1938
Anderson, D. Mark - 2019
According to Troesken (2004), efforts to purify municipal water supplies at the turn of the 20th century dramatically improved the relative health of blacks. There is, however, little empirical evidence to support the Troesken hypothesis. Using city-level data published by the U.S. Bureau of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480432
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Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality
Anderson, D. Mark - 2018
Using data on 25 major American cities for the period 1900-1940, we explore the effects of municipal-level public health efforts that were viewed as critical in the fight against food- and water-borne diseases. In addition to studying interventions such as treating sewage and setting strict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480680
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Expanding Access to Clean Water for the Rural Poor : Experimental Evidence from Malawi
Dupas, Pascaline - 2020
Using data from an 18-month randomized trial, we estimate large and sustained impacts on water purification and child health of a program providing monthly coupons for free water treatment solution (diluted chlorine) to households with young children. The program is more effective and much more...
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China's War on Pollution : Evidence from the First Five Years
Greenstone, Michael; He, Guojun; Li, Shanjun; Zou, Eric - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The decade from 2010 to 2019 marked a significant turning point in China's history of environmental regulation and pollution. This article describes the recent trends in air and water quality, with a focus on the five years since China declared a "war on pollution" in 2014. It summarizes the...
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Water Treatment And Child Mortality : A Meta-Analysis And Cost-effectiveness Analysis
Kremer, Michael; Luby, Stephen P.; Maertens Odria, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of water treatment are typically powered to detect effects on caregiver-reported diarrhea but not child mortality, as detecting mortality effects requires prohibitively large sample sizes. Consequently, water treatment is seldom included in lists of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537729
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Privatization of Public Goods : Evidence from the Sanitation Sector in Senegal
Deutschmann, Joshua W.; Gars, Jared; Houde, Jean-François - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
to households. We use the universe of legal dumps of sanitation waste from May 2009 to November 2018 to show that legal …
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What Makes a Program Good? Evidence from Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs in Five Developing Countries
Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; Urzua, Sergio; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Peru. Categories of quality determinants include training and curriculum, infrastructure … and Ecuador and match it to survey data. Using machine learning methods, we select the quality determinants that predict … Ecuador--teaching numerical competencies and providing job market information--and one practice--teaching numerical …
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