TY - JOUR
T1 - Sanitation dynamics
T2 - Toilet acquisition and its economic and social implications in rural and urban contexts
AU - Augsburg, Britta
AU - Rodríguez-Lesmes, Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
Universidad del Rosario, Calle 12 C No. 4, 69 Casa Pedro Fermín de Vargas, 111711 Bogotá, DC, Colombia †This research was made possible through the generous support of DGIS as well as ESRC–DfID, award number ES/J009253/1. We want to thank participants at various conferences and workshops, as well as anonymous referees, for their valuable comments, which helped us improve this study significantly. We would also like to thank the FINISH team for their invaluable support throughout the study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper uses primary micro-data from Indian households residing in rural villages and poor urban neighbourhoods to shed light on household sanitation decision-making. We use a theoretical economic model to reduce the dimensionality and complexity of this process. Beyond the most commonly analysed motivator, health, we consider economic and non-pecuniary benefits. We provide empirical evidence that each of these margins matter, and do so in both rural and urban contexts, and discuss how our findings can be explored in sanitation policy and programme design.
AB - This paper uses primary micro-data from Indian households residing in rural villages and poor urban neighbourhoods to shed light on household sanitation decision-making. We use a theoretical economic model to reduce the dimensionality and complexity of this process. Beyond the most commonly analysed motivator, health, we consider economic and non-pecuniary benefits. We provide empirical evidence that each of these margins matter, and do so in both rural and urban contexts, and discuss how our findings can be explored in sanitation policy and programme design.
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U2 - 10.2166/washdev.2020.098
DO - 10.2166/washdev.2020.098
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099152483
SN - 2043-9083
VL - 10
SP - 628
EP - 641
JO - Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
JF - Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
IS - 4
ER -
