Arbeitspapier
Access to piped water and human capital formation: Evidence from Brazilian primary schools
This paper analyzes the impact of access to piped water on human capital formation as measured by test scores from standardized school exams in Brazilian primary schools. We find that children in urban areas with access to tap water at home perform significantly better at school: They achieve test scores that are 14 percent of the standard deviation higher than the average test score without access. The effect is conditional on the education of the mother and turns out to be insignificant in rural areas. Our results capture the long term effect of the reduced incidence of water-related diseases for children with access to tap water. We exploit school-specific variation across years as well as a comprehensive vector of socioeconomic background variables to identify this effect.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Discussion Paper Series ; No. 28
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health and Economic Development
Education and Economic Development
Public Goods
- Thema
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Health
piped water
cognitive development
human capital formation
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Barde, Julia A.
Walkiewicz, Juliana
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Freiburg, Department of International Economic Policy (iep)
- (wo)
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Freiburg i. Br.
- (wann)
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Barde, Julia A.
- Walkiewicz, Juliana
- University of Freiburg, Department of International Economic Policy (iep)
Entstanden
- 2014
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