Housing, health and happiness

dc.creatorCattaneo, Matías D.
dc.creatorGaliani, Sebastián
dc.creatorGertler, Paul J.
dc.creatorMartínez, Sebastián
dc.creatorTitiunik, Rocío
dc.date2008
dc.date2010-06-11T03:00:00Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3633
dc.identifierhttp://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/doc_cedlas74.pdf
dc.identifierissn:1853-0168
dc.descriptionDespite the importance of housing for people's well-being, there is little evidence on the causal impact of housing and housing improvement programs on health and welfare. In this paper, we help to fill this gap by investigating the impact of a large-scale effort by the Mexican Government to replace dirt floors with cement floors on child health and adult happiness. We find that replacing dirt floors with cement floors significantly improves the health of young children. Specifically, we find significant decreases in the incidence of parasitic infestations, diarrhea, and the prevalence of anemia, and an improvement in children's cognitive development. Additionally, we find that replacing dirt floors by cement floors significantly improves adult welfare, as measured by increased satisfaction with their housing and quality of life, as well as by lower scores on depression and perceived stress scales.
dc.descriptionTrabajo publicado en el <i>American Economic Journal: Economic Policy</i>, Volume 1, 2009.
dc.descriptionCentro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageen
dc.relationDocumentos de Trabajo del CEDLAS
dc.relationno. 74
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.subjectEconomía
dc.titleHousing, health and happiness
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo


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