The Impact of Indoor Air Pollution on the Incidence of Life Threatening Respiratory Illnesses: Evidence from Young Children in Peru

Gajate-Garrido, Gissele

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1879454

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“…The regressions also suggest that older children are more likely to experience negative health outcomes . Children in households that cook with carbon or wood were also found to be statistically more likely to report having health concerns, which reinforces the findings in Gajate‐Garrido ().…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The empirical model builds on child health regressions proposed in Caldwell (), Behrman and Wolfe (), Hobcraft (), Desai and Alva (), Filmer and Pritchett (1999), Bender and McCann (), Jalan and Ravallion (), Fay, Leipziger, Wodon, and Yepes (), Gajate‐Garrido (), and Güneş (). These studies argue that reduced‐form child health is a function of (i) children's characteristics, such as age and gender; (ii) parental characteristics, such as education and income; (iii) household characteristic, generally physical characteristics, and (iv) community controls, such as infrastructure, electrification, and number of hospitals.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Household characteristics include improved sanitation facilities, wall and floor materials, sources of water, and cooking fuel (Behrman & Wolfe, ; Jalan & Ravallion, ; Fay et al., ; O'Donnell et al., ; Wolff & Maliki, ; Gajate‐Garrido, ; Güneş, ). Improved sanitation facilities, toilet and water, are defined as follows.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Following Wolff and Maliki (), dummy variables equal to one are employed if the house has brick or wood walls or roofs made from concrete or tiles. Gajate‐Garrido () finds evidence that indoor pollution from cooking can harm children's health in Peru. Therefore, the model also includes a dummy variable equal to one if the household cooks with carbon or wood, rather than gas or electricity.…”

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The health consequences of hazardous and nonhazardous child labor

Posso

2018

Review Development Economics

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The health consequences of child labor are ambiguous. On the one hand, heavy lifting, using dangerous tools and handling fertilizers may impact negatively on health. On the other, child labor could be used to achieve a minimal subsistence standard, without which the child could experience deteriorating health. Previous empirical studies are inconclusive because, until now, existing data sources could not disentangle between different activities performed by child workers. To establish how work is related to health, it is essential to know what activities are being performed. This study fills this gap with a unique child labor survey conducted in Peru in 2015. Child labor is classified into hazardous and nonhazardous activities. The econometric results suggest that children doing nonhazardous work are less likely to have health problems than nonworking children. Conversely, those that work in hazardous activities are potentially more likely to exhibit health concerns. A series of robustness tests confirm these findings. The results give impetus to the notion that child work increases total resources available for households, which can improve child health. Therefore, it is over and above this potential increment in resources that some hazardous activities worsen working children's health.

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confidence: 84%

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The health consequences of hazardous and nonhazardous child labor

Posso

2018

Review Development Economics

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“…Most evidence comes from observational studies , Dherani et al 2008, which raises the possibilities of confounding by omitted variables or selection on unobservables, each of which may bias estimates of impacts up or down (Mueller et al 2011). The negative impacts of PM 2.5 (PM less than 2.5 mg in diameter) and carbon monoxide on birth weight, child respiratory health [e.g., acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) and pneumonia in particular], and mortality are perhaps best documented (Smith et al 2000, Mishra et al 2004, Edwards & Langpap 2012, Gajate-Garrido 2013, whereas effects on long-term cognitive and physical development remain uncertain. With respect The number of people relying or projected to rely on solid fuels for cooking by major region and country.…”

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The Economics of Household Air Pollution

Jeuland¹,

Pattanayak

Bluffstone

2015

Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ.

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Traditional energy technologies and consumer products contribute to household well-being in diverse ways but also often harm household air quality. We review the problem of household air pollution at a global scale, focusing particularly on the harmful effects of traditional cooking and heating. Drawing on the theory of household production of health, we illustrate the ambiguous relationship between household well-being and adoption of behaviors and technologies that reduce air pollution. We then review how the theory relates to the seemingly contradictory findings emerging from the literature on household demand for clean fuels and stoves. In conclusion, we describe an economics research agenda to close the knowledge gaps so that policies and programs can be designed and evaluated to solve this critical global problem.

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Access to Modern Energy: A Review of Impact Evaluations

2014

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Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as fundamental challenge for development and is likely to be included in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Despite a strong praise for action and several programs at both national and international level, very few impact evaluation studies try to shed light on the causal relationship between access to energy and development, by also allowing decision makers to rigorously assess cost-effectiveness and efficiency of policies and programs. This work attempts to review the literature on existing impact evaluation of access to electricity and modern cooking facilities. For access to electricity we consider as outcomes labour markets, time allocation, household welfare (consumption, income, schooling and health) and business. For access to improved cookstoves, we assess impacts on household welfare. The reviewed literature highlights a significant causal impact of electricity access on important metrics of wellbeing, but more mixed evidence regarding clean cookstove. Finally, we also review the barriers and drivers of access to modern energy services identified by most recent impact evaluation studies. JEL classification:

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The Impact of Indoor Air Pollution on the Incidence of Life Threatening Respiratory Illnesses: Evidence from Young Children in Peru

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The health consequences of hazardous and nonhazardous child labor

The health consequences of hazardous and nonhazardous child labor

The Economics of Household Air Pollution

Access to Modern Energy: A Review of Impact Evaluations

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