The impact of water quality on children's education: evidence from 39 districts in the Ganges Basin of India

IF 2.2 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Environment and Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-05-16 DOI:10.1017/s1355770x24000123

Md Ohiul Islam, Moumita Ghorai

引用次数: 0

Abstract

We investigate the effect of water quality on the educational outcomes of children aged 8–11 in 39 districts in five states in the Ganges Basin of India. Using data from the Centre for Pollution Control Board of India and the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS) 2011–12, we study the effect of water quality in the Ganges Basin on the performance in three test scores. Our evidence suggests that faecal coliform levels in water sources above safety thresholds negatively affect reading and writing test scores. The effects of Nitrate-N and Nitrite-N in the water appear to be weaker compared to those of faecal coliform. The results establish that water pollution caused by excessive presence of faecal coliform is an important environmental factor in determining educational outcomes of children. High levels of faecal coliform in the water could be lowering cognitive abilities of the pollution-affected children through the channel of waterborne diseases.

查看原文本刊更多论文

水质对儿童教育的影响：来自印度恒河流域 39 个地区的证据

我们调查了水质对印度恒河流域 5 个邦 39 个县 8-11 岁儿童教育成果的影响。利用印度污染控制委员会中心（Centre for Pollution Control Board of India）和 2011-12 年度印度人类发展调查（Indian Human Development Survey，IHDS）的数据，我们研究了恒河流域的水质对三项测试成绩的影响。我们的证据表明，水源中的粪大肠菌群含量超过安全阈值会对阅读和写作测试成绩产生负面影响。与粪大肠菌群的影响相比，水中硝酸盐-N 和亚硝酸盐-N 的影响似乎较弱。研究结果表明，粪大肠菌群超标造成的水污染是决定儿童教育成果的重要环境因素。水中高浓度的粪大肠菌群可能会通过水传播疾病的途径降低受污染儿童的认知能力。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Environment and Development Economics Multiple-

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

4.80%

发文量

期刊介绍： Environment and Development Economics is positioned at the intersection of environmental, resource and development economics. The Editor and Associate Editors, supported by a distinguished panel of advisors from around the world, aim to encourage submissions from researchers in the field in both developed and developing countries. The Journal is divided into two main sections, Theory and Applications, which includes regular academic papers and Policy Options, which includes papers that may be of interest to the wider policy community. Environment and Development Economics also publishes occasional Policy Fora (discussions based on a focal paper). From time to time the journal publishes special issues based on a particular theme.