Housing, health and happiness

Autores
Cattaneo, Matías D.; Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, Paul J.; Martínez, Sebastián; Titiunik, Rocío
Año de publicación
2008
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inglés
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Despite 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.
Trabajo publicado en el American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Volume 1, 2009.
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title Housing, health and happiness
spellingShingle Housing, health and happiness
Cattaneo, Matías D.
Economía
salud pública
hogar
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
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cattaneo, Matías D.
Galiani, Sebastián
Gertler, Paul J.
Martínez, Sebastián
Titiunik, Rocío
author Cattaneo, Matías D.
author_facet Cattaneo, Matías D.
Galiani, Sebastián
Gertler, Paul J.
Martínez, Sebastián
Titiunik, Rocío
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Gertler, Paul J.
Martínez, Sebastián
Titiunik, Rocío
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salud pública
hogar
topic Economía
salud pública
hogar
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Trabajo publicado en el <i>American Economic Journal: Economic Policy</i>, Volume 1, 2009.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
description Despite 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.
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