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in households) with access to different types of water and sanitation facilities, and from socio-economic and child … belonging to different treatment groups, defined by water types and sanitation facilities, with children in a control group. We … on reducing the burden of disease from diarrhoea across a select group of predictors. -- Diarrhoea ; Water ; Sanitation …
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households), with access to different types of water and sanitation facilities, and from other socio-econoic and child specific … to different treatment groups, defined by water types and sanitation facilities, with children in a control group. We …
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This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of … methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among children under five years … policy actions to improve household drinking water quality and to change people's behavior towards safe sanitation practices …
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This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of … methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among children under five years … policy actions to improve household drinking water quality and to change people's behavior towards safe sanitation practices …
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This article examines the relationship among access to drinking water, sanitation facilities and health outcomes for …-for-age ('stunting') z-scores. Using a quantile regressions approach, we find that public goods such as piped water are not associated …-size-fits-all' policies, and point towards incentives for private investments in sanitation and mother's education, especially in rural areas …
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This article investigates the impact of piped water supply and sanitation on health outcomes in urban Yemen using a … separate identification of water and sanitation impacts. Results indicate that access to piped water supply worsens health … combination of quasi-experimental methods and results from microbiological water tests. Variations in project roll-out allow …
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Passive smoking is a major public health issue. This paper documents the main risk factors that determine children's exposure to passive smoke, and then uses econometric techniques to provide a new economic quantification of the impact of this exposure on child health. Such information is...
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As evidence of the negative effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has mounted, an increasingly popular public policy response has been to impose restrictions on smoking through 100% smoke-free bans (comprehensive smoking bans). Yet sparse information exists regarding the impact these...
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We study how income shock affect due to weather shock causally impacts the birth outcomes. We selected households depended directly on agriculture due to their extreme vulnerability to temperature and rainfall shocks. We find large efficiency loss attributed to weather shock for major food crops...
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Passive smoking is a major public health issue. This paper documents the main risk factors that determine children's exposure to passive smoke, and then uses econometric techniques to provide a new economic quantification of the impact of this exposure on child health. Such information is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317522