Housing, Health, and Happiness
We investigate the impact of a large-scale Mexican program to replace dirt floors with cement floors on child health and adult happiness. We find that replacing dirt floors with cement significantly improves the health of young children measured by decreases in the incidence of parasitic infestation...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | EN |
| Published: |
2012
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5502 |
| id |
okr-10986-5502 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| spelling |
okr-10986-55022021-04-23T14:02:22Z Housing, Health, and Happiness Cattaneo, Matias D. Galiani, Sebastian Gertler, Paul J. Martinez, Sebastian Titiunik, Rocio Health Production I120 General Welfare I310 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 We investigate the impact of a large-scale Mexican program to replace dirt floors with cement floors on child health and adult happiness. We find that replacing dirt floors with cement significantly improves the health of young children measured by decreases in the incidence of parasitic infestations, diarrhea, and the prevalence of anemia, and an improvement in children's cognitive development. Additionally, we find significant improvements in adult welfare measured by increased satisfaction with their housing and quality of life, as well as by lower scores on depression and perceived stress scales. 2012-03-30T07:33:08Z 2012-03-30T07:33:08Z 2009 Journal Article American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 19457731 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5502 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Mexico |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
Digital Repositories |
| building |
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository |
| collection |
World Bank |
| language |
EN |
| topic |
Health Production I120 General Welfare I310 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 |
| spellingShingle |
Health Production I120 General Welfare I310 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Cattaneo, Matias D. Galiani, Sebastian Gertler, Paul J. Martinez, Sebastian Titiunik, Rocio Housing, Health, and Happiness |
| geographic_facet |
Mexico |
| relation |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo |
| description |
We investigate the impact of a large-scale Mexican program to replace dirt floors with cement floors on child health and adult happiness. We find that replacing dirt floors with cement significantly improves the health of young children measured by decreases in the incidence of parasitic infestations, diarrhea, and the prevalence of anemia, and an improvement in children's cognitive development. Additionally, we find significant improvements in adult welfare measured by increased satisfaction with their housing and quality of life, as well as by lower scores on depression and perceived stress scales. |
| format |
Journal Article |
| author |
Cattaneo, Matias D. Galiani, Sebastian Gertler, Paul J. Martinez, Sebastian Titiunik, Rocio |
| author_facet |
Cattaneo, Matias D. Galiani, Sebastian Gertler, Paul J. Martinez, Sebastian Titiunik, Rocio |
| author_sort |
Cattaneo, Matias D. |
| title |
Housing, Health, and Happiness |
| title_short |
Housing, Health, and Happiness |
| title_full |
Housing, Health, and Happiness |
| title_fullStr |
Housing, Health, and Happiness |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Housing, Health, and Happiness |
| title_sort |
housing, health, and happiness |
| publishDate |
2012 |
| url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5502 |
| _version_ |
1764395281308188672 |