Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities

Miguel, Edward; Kremer, Michael

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“…These studies include work by Bleakley (2007) who finds that a deworming campaign in the American South resulted in improvements in literacy, educational attainment, and adult income. This is consistent with the work by Miguel and Kremer (2004), showing the positive benefits of a deworming campaign in Kenya in terms of school attendance and long-term adult employment and earnings (Baird et al 2011). …”

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Rising Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility: The Role of Public Investments in Human Capital

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2014

CESifo Economic Studies

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One consequence of the rise in inequality witnessed over the past 40 years is its potentially negative impact on intergenerational mobility if parents at the bottom of the income distribution invest significantly less in their children's human capital. I consider whether public investments in children can potentially offset the inequality of private investments. Specifically, examining changes in public spending in 25 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries over the period 2000–2009, I find that increases in spending on health are most strongly associated with reductions in the importance of family background and declines in inequality in the production of child human capital as measured by the Program for International Student Assessment test scores among 15-year-olds. Public spending on family support, housing, and education are also moderately related. In contrast, increased spending on the elderly is associated with increases in the importance of parental background and inequality of child test scores. These results suggest that public investments in child human capital have the potential to offset the potentially negative impact of increasing income inequality on intergenerational mobility and inequality of the next generation. Further research firmly establishing a causal relationship is needed.

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Rising Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility: The Role of Public Investments in Human Capital

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2014

CESifo Economic Studies

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“…Some of the specific and potential shortcomings of GBD 2010 have been highlighted elsewhere [9]. Furthermore, DALYs measure only direct health loss and, for example, do not consider the economic impact of the NTDs that results from detrimental effects on school attendance and child development, agriculture (especially from zoonotic NTDs), and overall economic productivity [10], [11]. Nor do DALYs account for direct costs of treatment, surveillance, and prevention measures.…”

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“…Nor do DALYs account for direct costs of treatment, surveillance, and prevention measures. Yet, economic impact has emerged as an essential feature of the NTDs, which may trap people in a cycle of poverty and disease [10]–[12]. Additional aspects not considered by the DALY metrics are the important elements of social stigma for many of the NTDs and the spillover effects to family and community members [13], [14], loss of tourism [15], and health system overload (e.g., during dengue outbreaks).…”

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The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases

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“…These findings were consistent with the results reported elsewhere6263. In addition to these direct effects on treated children, several studies also suggested indirect ‘spillover’ benefits from deworming programmes that resulted in positive outcomes in siblings of the children who received the drug and positive educational outcomes in untreated children in schools where deworming was done6465. However, the largest clinical trial to date, the DEVTA trial, involving two million children4748, reported negligible weight gain following deworming.…”

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Intervention strategies to reduce the burden of soil-transmitted helminths in India

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Kaliappan

Walson

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Indian Journal of Medical Research

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Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections continue to be a major global cause of morbidity, with a large proportion of the burden of STH infections occurring in India. In addition to direct health impacts of these infections, including anaemia and nutritional deficiencies in children, these infections also significantly impact economic development, as a result of delays in early childhood cognitive development and future income earning potential. The current World Health Organization strategy for STH is focused on morbidity control through the application of mass drug administration to all pre-school-aged and school-aged children. In India, the control of STH-related morbidity requires mobilization of significant human and financial resources, placing additional burdens on limited public resources. Infected adults and untreated children in the community act as a reservoir of infection by which treated children get rapidly reinfected. As a result, deworming programmes will need to be sustained indefinitely in the absence of other strategies to reduce reinfection, including water, hygiene and sanitation interventions (WASH). However, WASH interventions require sustained effort by the government or other agencies to build infrastructure and to promote healthy behavioural modifications, and their effectiveness is often limited by deeply entrenched cultural norms and behaviours. Novel strategies must be explored to provide a lasting solution to the problem of STH infections in India other than the indefinite provision of deworming for morbidity control.

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Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities

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Rising Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility: The Role of Public Investments in Human Capital

Rising Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility: The Role of Public Investments in Human Capital

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases

Intervention strategies to reduce the burden of soil-transmitted helminths in India

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