TY - JOUR
T1 - Do orphaned girls spend more time on water collection? Evidence from rural Zambia
AU - Shimamura, Yasuharu
AU - Shimizutani, Satoshi
AU - Taguchi, Shimpei
AU - Yamada, Hiroyuki
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article. This study was conducted at the JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, which gave us formal permission to use the data. We thank Etsuko Masuko, Teruki Murakami and Taku Seo for their constructive comments. The views expressed in the paper are solely those of the authors.
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© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Orphanhood has long-term adverse effects on human capital formation but its short-run effects are mixed. We examine the short-run effect of improved access to safe water on orphans’ outcomes in rural Zambia. We utilize a unique dataset collected in a quasi-experimental setting from a groundwater development project and employ a difference-in-differences approach. We do not detect any immediate effect from new water access on health and educational outcomes. However, we observe a larger increase in time spent on water collection and water-related household chores for orphaned girls than for non-orphans living with their biological mothers. We conclude that orphaned girls are disadvantaged in that they are more responsible for collecting water and related household chores under improved access to safe water, although the availability of safe water per se benefits the whole population.
AB - Orphanhood has long-term adverse effects on human capital formation but its short-run effects are mixed. We examine the short-run effect of improved access to safe water on orphans’ outcomes in rural Zambia. We utilize a unique dataset collected in a quasi-experimental setting from a groundwater development project and employ a difference-in-differences approach. We do not detect any immediate effect from new water access on health and educational outcomes. However, we observe a larger increase in time spent on water collection and water-related household chores for orphaned girls than for non-orphans living with their biological mothers. We conclude that orphaned girls are disadvantaged in that they are more responsible for collecting water and related household chores under improved access to safe water, although the availability of safe water per se benefits the whole population.
KW - Orphans
KW - Zambia
KW - borehole
KW - fetching water
KW - groundwater development
KW - time use
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U2 - 10.1080/17450128.2022.2083281
DO - 10.1080/17450128.2022.2083281
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131508241
SN - 1745-0136
VL - 18
SP - 124
EP - 130
JO - Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
JF - Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
IS - 1
ER -
