Intergenerational Child Mortality Impacts of Deworming: Experimental Evidence from Two Decades of the Kenya Life Panel Survey / Michael W. Walker, Alice H. Huang, Suleiman Asman, Sarah J. Baird, Lia Fernald, Joan Hamory Hicks, Fernando Hoces de la Guardia, Satoshi Koiso, Michael Kremer, Matthew N. Krupoff, Michelle Layvant, Eric Ochieng, Pooja Suri, Edward Miguel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Michael W.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Huang, Alice H.

Asman, Suleiman.

Baird, Sarah J.

Fernald, Lia.

Hicks, Joan Hamory.

Hoces de la Guardia, Fernando.

Koiso, Satoshi.

Kremer, Michael.

Krupoff, Matthew N.

Layvant, Michelle.

Ochieng, Eric.

Suri, Pooja.

Miguel, Edward.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w31162.

NBER working paper series no. w31162

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023.

Summary:

We assess the impacts of a randomized school-based deworming intervention in Kenya on the mortality of recipients' children using a 23-year longitudinal data set of over 6,500 original participants and their offspring. The under-5 mortality rate fell by 22% (17 deaths per 1000 live births) for children of treatment group individuals. We find that a combination of improved health, education and living standards, increased urban residence, delayed fertility, and greater use of health care in the parent generation contributed to the reduction. The results provide evidence for meaningful intergenerational benefits of child health investments.

Notes:

Print version record

April 2023.