Ted Miguel

Ted Miguel appears in Piles of cash and a town of solutions in Kenya, Nigeria (Summer School) as the economist who evaluated free deworming medicine for schoolchildren near Busia. The episode says the study found treated children attended school more often, and a follow-up linked treatment to better jobs and higher incomes later.

His study anchors Deworming as Human Capital Investment. The case connects health treatment, school attendance, later labor-market outcomes, and Positive Externality because one child’s treatment can reduce disease transmission and improve conditions for others.

Connections

• Kenya and Busia, Kenya - research setting.
• Randomized Controlled Trials - method used in the study.
• Human Capital Development and Evidence-Based Development Policy - broader policy concepts.