Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/240489 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1346
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
There is debate among researchers regarding the importance of water filtration in reducing mortality during the epidemiological transition. However, there is limited research on how water filtration affected cholera mortality during the second half of the 19th century. Using historical microdata, this paper provides new evidence on the importance of water filtration in reducing cholera mortality during an outbreak. The results show that access to filtered water protected almost completely against cholera mortality. Water filtration could thereby have contributed more to mortality decline than what has previously been documented.
Subjects: 
Water
Piped water
Filtered water
Cholera
Mortality
Public health
JEL: 
I11
I18
N3
H51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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