TY - JOUR
T1 - Sanitation and marriage markets in India:
T2 - Evidence from the Total Sanitation Campaign
AU - Augsburg, Britta
AU - Baquero, Juan P.
AU - Gautam, Sanghmitra
AU - Rodriguez-Lesmes, Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103092
DO - 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103092
M3 - Research Article
C2 - 37334279
SN - 0304-3878
VL - 163
JO - Journal of Development Economics
JF - Journal of Development Economics
IS - 2023
M1 - 103092
ER -