Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution

Barron, Manuel; Torero, Maximo

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2017.07.007

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Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution

dc.contributor.author	Barron, Manuel
dc.contributor.author	Torero, Maximo
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-23T21:00:40Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-23T21:00:40Z
dc.date.issued	2017-11
dc.description.abstract	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.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
dc.identifier.issn	0095-0696
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29227
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subject	INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
dc.subject	FINE PARTICULATE MATTER
dc.subject	HEALTH
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY GRIDS
dc.subject	RESPIRATORY INFECTION
dc.subject	KEROSENE
dc.title	Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0095069617304825 Journal website (version of record)	en
okr.date.disclosure	2019-07-24
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jeem.2017.07.007
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/29227
okr.identifier.report	123216
okr.journal.nbpages	81-92
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.topic	Energy :: Electric Power
okr.topic	Environment :: Air Quality & Clean Air
okr.topic	Environment :: Brown Issues and Health
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Environment and Health
okr.unit	Executive Director
okr.volume	86