Jeffrey S. Hammer|Dean Spears
Village sanitation and child health: Effects and external validity in a randomized field experiment in rural India
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars|Princeton University|Indian Statistical Institute|Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars|Princeton University
billion people worldwide defecate open important consequences earlylife health human capital accumulation developing countries report cluster randomized controlled trial village sanitation intervention conducted rural maharashtra india designed identify effect village sanitation average child height outcome increasing importance economists find effect approximately 03 heightforage standard deviations consistent observations hypotheses economic health literatures exploit details planning implementation experiment study treatment heterogeneity external validity