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: | Cattaneo, Matias D., Galiani, Sebastian, Gertler, Paul J., Martinez, Sebastian, Titiunik, Rocio |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5502 |
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