Social Interventions, Health, and Well-Being: The Long-Term and Intergenerational Effects of a School Construction Program
Journal of Human Resources · 2023 · Bhashkar Mazumder B、Maria Fernanda Rosales-Rueda、Margaret Triyana
中文摘要
我们分析了1974年至1979年间印度尼西亚一项大规模学校建设项目(INPRES)的长期与代际效应。具体而言,我们将INPRES在地理上的逐步推开与覆盖两代人的印度尼西亚家庭生活调查(Indonesian Family Life Survey)纵向数据联系起来。我们发现,接触过该项目的个体在日后生活中的多项健康指标上表现更好。我们还发现,接触过该项目者的子女在健康与教育结果方面均有改善,且这些效应总体上在母亲接触的情况下强于父亲接触的情况。我们发现一些证据表明,家庭资源、邻里质量与选型婚配可能解释了我们研究结果的一部分。我们的发现凸显了在中等收入国家评估社会干预的成本与收益时,考虑长期与多代际收益的重要性。
Abstract
We analyze the long-run and intergenerational effects of a large-scale school building project (INPRES) that took place in Indonesia between 1974 and 1979. Specifically, we link the geographic rollout of INPRES to longitudinal data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey covering two generations. We find that individuals exposed to the program have better health later in life along multiple measures. We also find that the children of those exposed experience improved health and educational outcomes and that these effects are generally stronger for maternal exposure than paternal exposure. We find some evidence that household resources, neighborhood quality, and assortative mating may explain a portion of our results. Our findings highlight the importance of considering the long-run and multigenerational benefits when evaluating the costs and benefits of social interventions in a middle-income country.