Sanghmitra Gautam
Biographic Data
| ID | 4471503 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sanghmitra Gautam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sanghmitra |
| FAMILY NAME | Gautam |
| SIGNATURE | GAUTAM S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington University in St. Louis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
To use financial incentives or not? Insights from experiments in encouraging sanitation investments in four countries
Quantifying welfare effects in the presence of externalities
This paper analyzes the impact of externalities on household demand for sanitation and the subsequent welfare effects generated from policy interventions. A critical feature of household sanitation (e.g., toilets) is that the take-up generates externalities where the privately chosen level is less than the socially optimal. To analyze the impact of policy interventions, I explicitly model household choice, taking into account the interdependence …
Sanitation and marriage markets in India
This paper measures the additional value of sanitation within the marriage arrangement. We use data from the Indian human development household survey (IHDS) to model the marital decisions of men and women in rural India and to estimate the marital surplus (the gains from being married). We use the model to demonstrate that the government's Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) increased marital surplus and changed marriage market outcomes for men and …
Quantifying welfare effects in the presence of externalities
This paper analyzes the impact of externalities on household demand for sanitation and the subsequent welfare effects generated from policy interventions. A critical feature of household sanitation (e.g., toilets) is that the take-up generates externalities where the privately chosen level is less than the socially optimal. To analyze the impact of policy interventions, I explicitly model household choice, taking into account the interdependence …
Sanitation and marriage markets in India
This paper measures the additional value of sanitation within the marriage arrangement. We use data from the Indian human development household survey (IHDS) to model the marital decisions of men and women in rural India and to estimate the marital surplus (the gains from being married). We use the model to demonstrate that the government's Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) increased marital surplus and changed marriage market outcomes for men and …
Quantifying welfare effects in the presence of externalities
This paper analyzes the impact of externalities on household demand for sanitation and the subsequent welfare effects generated from policy interventions. A critical feature of household sanitation (e.g., toilets) is that the take-up generates externalities where the privately chosen level is less than the socially optimal. To analyze the impact of policy interventions, I explicitly model household choice, taking into account the interdependence …
Sanitation and marriage markets in India
This paper measures the additional value of sanitation within the marriage arrangement. We use data from the Indian human development household survey (IHDS) to model the marital decisions of men and women in rural India and to estimate the marital surplus (the gains from being married). We use the model to demonstrate that the government's Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) increased marital surplus and changed marriage market outcomes for men and …
To use financial incentives or not? Insights from experiments in encouraging sanitation investments in four countries
Economics (3 works) · Sanitation (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Developing country (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Public economics (2 works) · Business (1 work) · Cash (1 work)