Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution

This paper provides the first experimental evidence that household electrification leads to substantial reductions in indoor air pollution. Two years after electricity rollout, we measured overnight fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration, which was on average 66% lower among households that w...

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Main Authors:	Barron, Manuel, Torero, Maximo
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION INDOOR AIR POLLUTION FINE PARTICULATE MATTER HEALTH ELECTRICITY GRIDS RESPIRATORY INFECTION KEROSENE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29227

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spelling	okr-10986-292272021-05-25T10:54:43Z Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution Barron, Manuel Torero, Maximo HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION INDOOR AIR POLLUTION FINE PARTICULATE MATTER HEALTH ELECTRICITY GRIDS RESPIRATORY INFECTION KEROSENE This paper provides the first experimental evidence that household electrification leads to substantial reductions in indoor air pollution. Two years after electricity rollout, we measured overnight fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration, which was on average 66% lower among households that were randomly encouraged to connect to the electrical grid compared to those that were not. As a result, prevalence of acute respiratory infections among children under six was 8-14 percentage points lower in the former group. We find suggestive evidence that these changes are at least partly driven by reductions in kerosene use. 2018-01-23T21:00:40Z 2018-01-23T21:00:40Z 2017-11 Journal Article Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 0095-0696 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29227 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic	HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION INDOOR AIR POLLUTION FINE PARTICULATE MATTER HEALTH ELECTRICITY GRIDS RESPIRATORY INFECTION KEROSENE
spellingShingle	HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION INDOOR AIR POLLUTION FINE PARTICULATE MATTER HEALTH ELECTRICITY GRIDS RESPIRATORY INFECTION KEROSENE Barron, Manuel Torero, Maximo Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution
description	This paper provides the first experimental evidence that household electrification leads to substantial reductions in indoor air pollution. Two years after electricity rollout, we measured overnight fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration, which was on average 66% lower among households that were randomly encouraged to connect to the electrical grid compared to those that were not. As a result, prevalence of acute respiratory infections among children under six was 8-14 percentage points lower in the former group. We find suggestive evidence that these changes are at least partly driven by reductions in kerosene use.
format	Journal Article
author	Barron, Manuel Torero, Maximo
author_facet	Barron, Manuel Torero, Maximo
author_sort	Barron, Manuel
title	Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution
title_short	Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution
title_full	Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution
title_fullStr	Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution
title_full_unstemmed	Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution
title_sort	household electrification and indoor air pollution
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29227
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Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution

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