Table 5 Economic consequences of deworming: key findings from studies in selected low- and middle-income countries, 2000—2013,n = 3

1.

Baird et al., [35]

Kenya

Using the Kenyan Life Panel Survey, a follow up study of the Primary School Deworming Program, in which 75 schools (=32,565 pupils, aged 6—18 years) were randomly phased into the treatment of deworming medication

# of adults: 7,500

IV

1. # of hours worked ↑: 12%*

2. Earnings ↑: 20%*.

2.

Miguel and Kremer, [36]

Kenya

Experimental

# of schools: 75

# of children 6—18: 32,565

OLS; IV

1. School participation ↑: up to 6.2 percentage points*.

3.

Gilgen et al., [37].

Bangladesh

Experimental

# of female adult workers: 553

OLS

No significant difference in labor productivity.