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 [[BusiaKenya|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.