Michael Kremer<\/a>, the Gates Professor of Developing Societies and winner of the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, found that youngsters who received a few extra years of deworming treatment \u2014 costing as little as 50 cents a child per year \u2014 eventually achieved better jobs and attained higher incomes than those who got less treatment.<\/p>\n\u201cWe found that, in Kenya, this modest investment led to significant improvements in the lives of infected individuals and for whole communities, and the benefits are long-lasting,\u201d said Miguel, a development economist. \u201cBut parasitic infections remain prevalent in many low-income countries, and there\u2019s a resurgence in some poor, rural low-income areas of the United States. Clearly, this research can serve as a guide to policymakers in much of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kremer, whose Nobel Prize recognized his development of novel ways to study poverty, said the research also provides an unanticipated warning in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: Students who lose a year or more of school \u2014 and school-based social services \u2014 may likewise risk suffering lasting negative impact on their work and earning power.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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