Sanitation and marriage markets in India
Evidence from the Total Sanitation Campaign
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11889148 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Britta Augsburg (0000-0002-8864-7751, Institute for Fiscal Studies), Juan Pablo Baquero (Boston College), Sanghmitra Gautam (Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author), Paul Rodríguez-Lesmes (0000-0003-1058-3062, Universidad del Rosario) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 163 |
| Pages | 103092-103092 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Development Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-3878 • E-ISSN: 1872-6089 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103092 |
| PMID | 37334279 |
| OpenAlex | W4353051744 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 42 |
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 women. Decomposition reveals (i) that sanitation makes it more attractive to be in a marriage for both gender, and (ii) that TSC exposure led to a decrease in the wife's surplus share, implying a redistribution of gains within the marriage
Demographic economics · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Marital status · Marriage market · Political science · Population · Redistribution (election · Sanitation · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Wife · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |