Sanitation and marriage markets in India: Evidence from the Total Sanitation Campaign

Britta Augsburg, Juan P. Baquero, Sanghmitra Gautam and Paul Rodriguez-Lesmes
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Paul Andres Rodriguez Lesmes

Journal of Development Economics, 2023, vol. 163, issue C

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Matching; Intra-household; Marriage markets; Sanitation; Sorting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C78 D13 J12 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103092

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