Indoor air pollution, health and economic well-being

By Esther Duflo, Michael Greenstone, Rema Hanna. 2008

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Indoor air pollution (IAP) caused by solid fuel use and/or traditional cooking stoves is a global health threat, particularly for women and young children. The WHO World Health Report 2002 estimates that IAP is responsible for 2.7% of the loss of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) worldwide and 3.7% in high mortality developing countries. Despite the magnitude of this problem, social scientists have only recently begun to pay closer attention to this issue and to test strategies for reducing IAP. In this paper, we provide a survey of the current literature on the relationship between indoor air pollution, respiratory health and economic well-being. We then discuss the available evidence on the effectiveness of popular policy prescriptions to reduce IAP within the household.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution

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Access to modern energy: a review of barriers, drivers and impacts (2016, background): “…it turns out that the picture is more balanced between men and women for firewood collection, whereas cooking activities are largely dominated by women. be due to better access to information on health prevention which may also impact on other health-related behaviors (Duflo et al., 2008).”
Long-Term Impacts of Household Electrification in Rural India (2013, background): “Also see Duflo et al. (2008) for a review of the evidence on the health effects of indoor air pollution.”
Gender Differences in Preferences, Intra-Household Externalities, and Low Demand for Improved Cookstoves (2013, background): “Several economists have studied the productivity and economic benefits of using improved stoves (Pitt et al., 2005; Dasgupta et al., 2006; Duflo et al., 2008; Mueller et al., 2009; GajateGarrido, 2010; Levine & Beltramo, 2011; Yu, 2011), but none have examined why most 3 All our offers are made to…”
Long-term Gains from Electrification in Rural India (2015, background): “Also see Duflo et al. (2008) for a review of the evidence on the health effects of indoor air pollution. technology such as electricity can reduce household dependence on girls’ labor and the opportunity cost of sending girls to school.”