Housing, Health, and Happiness
Despite the importance of housing for people's well-being, there has been little work done to assess the causal impact of housing and housing improvement programs on health and welfare. In this paper the authors help 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. They find that replacing dirt floors with cement floors significantly reduces parasitic infestations in young children, reduces diarrhea, reduces anemia, and improves cognitive development. Finally, they also find that this program leave adults substantially better off, as measured by satisfaction with their housing and quality of life and by their significantly lower rates of depression and perceived stress.
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dig-okr-1098672952024-08-08T16:54:07Z Housing, Health, and Happiness Cattaneo, Matias D. Galiano, Sebastian Gertler, Paul J. Martinez, Sebastian Titiunik, Rocio ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AGE GROUPS AGED AGGLOMERATION ANEMIA ASCARIASIS ASTHMA BENEFITS OF INVESTMENT BLOOD SAMPLES BRAIN CASES OF DIARRHEA CEMENT CHEMOTHERAPY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CITIES CLEANLINESS COMMUNITIES CONCRETE DEPRESSION DESCRIPTION DEWORMING DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRACUNCULIASIS DWELLING EARLY CHILDHOOD EARNINGS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ENROLLMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURE FAMILIES FLOORS GUIDANCE SERVICE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOME IMPROVEMENT HOMEOWNERSHIP HOMES HOOKWORM HOOKWORM INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING MARKET HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING UNITS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SERVICES HYGIENE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS INTESTINAL PARASITES IRON LATIN AMERICAN LIVER LOSS OF APPETITE MALNUTRITION MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MOBILITY MORTALITY NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION OVERCROWDING PARASITES PARASITIC DISEASES PARASITIC INFECTIONS PARASITIC WORMS PARASITOLOGY PARENTING POPULATION GROUPS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE PRIVATIZATION PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES ROOMS RURAL AREAS SCHISTOSOMIASIS SELFHELP HOUSING SEX SKIN DISEASES SLEEP SLEEP DISTURBANCE SLUM SLUM AREAS SLUMS SOCIAL WELFARE SYMPTOMS TRACHOMA TREATMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION VENTILATION VOUCHERS WALLS Despite the importance of housing for people's well-being, there has been little work done to assess the causal impact of housing and housing improvement programs on health and welfare. In this paper the authors help 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. They find that replacing dirt floors with cement floors significantly reduces parasitic infestations in young children, reduces diarrhea, reduces anemia, and improves cognitive development. Finally, they also find that this program leave adults substantially better off, as measured by satisfaction with their housing and quality of life and by their significantly lower rates of depression and perceived stress. 2012-06-06T18:30:17Z 2012-06-06T18:30:17Z 2007-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8186857/housing-health-happiness https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7295 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4214 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AGE GROUPS AGED AGGLOMERATION ANEMIA ASCARIASIS ASTHMA BENEFITS OF INVESTMENT BLOOD SAMPLES BRAIN CASES OF DIARRHEA CEMENT CHEMOTHERAPY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CITIES CLEANLINESS COMMUNITIES CONCRETE DEPRESSION DESCRIPTION DEWORMING DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRACUNCULIASIS DWELLING EARLY CHILDHOOD EARNINGS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ENROLLMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURE FAMILIES FLOORS GUIDANCE SERVICE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOME IMPROVEMENT HOMEOWNERSHIP HOMES HOOKWORM HOOKWORM INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING MARKET HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING UNITS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SERVICES HYGIENE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS INTESTINAL PARASITES IRON LATIN AMERICAN LIVER LOSS OF APPETITE MALNUTRITION MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MOBILITY MORTALITY NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION OVERCROWDING PARASITES PARASITIC DISEASES PARASITIC INFECTIONS PARASITIC WORMS PARASITOLOGY PARENTING POPULATION GROUPS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE PRIVATIZATION PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES ROOMS RURAL AREAS SCHISTOSOMIASIS SELFHELP HOUSING SEX SKIN DISEASES SLEEP SLEEP DISTURBANCE SLUM SLUM AREAS SLUMS SOCIAL WELFARE SYMPTOMS TRACHOMA TREATMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION VENTILATION VOUCHERS WALLS ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AGE GROUPS AGED AGGLOMERATION ANEMIA ASCARIASIS ASTHMA BENEFITS OF INVESTMENT BLOOD SAMPLES BRAIN CASES OF DIARRHEA CEMENT CHEMOTHERAPY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CITIES CLEANLINESS COMMUNITIES CONCRETE DEPRESSION DESCRIPTION DEWORMING DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRACUNCULIASIS DWELLING EARLY CHILDHOOD EARNINGS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ENROLLMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURE FAMILIES FLOORS GUIDANCE SERVICE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOME IMPROVEMENT HOMEOWNERSHIP HOMES HOOKWORM HOOKWORM INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING MARKET HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING UNITS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SERVICES HYGIENE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS INTESTINAL PARASITES IRON LATIN AMERICAN LIVER LOSS OF APPETITE MALNUTRITION MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MOBILITY MORTALITY NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION OVERCROWDING PARASITES PARASITIC DISEASES PARASITIC INFECTIONS PARASITIC WORMS PARASITOLOGY PARENTING POPULATION GROUPS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE PRIVATIZATION PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES ROOMS RURAL AREAS SCHISTOSOMIASIS SELFHELP HOUSING SEX SKIN DISEASES SLEEP SLEEP DISTURBANCE SLUM SLUM AREAS SLUMS SOCIAL WELFARE SYMPTOMS TRACHOMA TREATMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION VENTILATION VOUCHERS WALLS |
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AGE GROUPS AGED AGGLOMERATION ANEMIA ASCARIASIS ASTHMA BENEFITS OF INVESTMENT BLOOD SAMPLES BRAIN CASES OF DIARRHEA CEMENT CHEMOTHERAPY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CITIES CLEANLINESS COMMUNITIES CONCRETE DEPRESSION DESCRIPTION DEWORMING DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRACUNCULIASIS DWELLING EARLY CHILDHOOD EARNINGS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ENROLLMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURE FAMILIES FLOORS GUIDANCE SERVICE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOME IMPROVEMENT HOMEOWNERSHIP HOMES HOOKWORM HOOKWORM INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING MARKET HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING UNITS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SERVICES HYGIENE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS INTESTINAL PARASITES IRON LATIN AMERICAN LIVER LOSS OF APPETITE MALNUTRITION MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MOBILITY MORTALITY NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION OVERCROWDING PARASITES PARASITIC DISEASES PARASITIC INFECTIONS PARASITIC WORMS PARASITOLOGY PARENTING POPULATION GROUPS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE PRIVATIZATION PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES ROOMS RURAL AREAS SCHISTOSOMIASIS SELFHELP HOUSING SEX SKIN DISEASES SLEEP SLEEP DISTURBANCE SLUM SLUM AREAS SLUMS SOCIAL WELFARE SYMPTOMS TRACHOMA TREATMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION VENTILATION VOUCHERS WALLS ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AGE GROUPS AGED AGGLOMERATION ANEMIA ASCARIASIS ASTHMA BENEFITS OF INVESTMENT BLOOD SAMPLES BRAIN CASES OF DIARRHEA CEMENT CHEMOTHERAPY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CITIES CLEANLINESS COMMUNITIES CONCRETE DEPRESSION DESCRIPTION DEWORMING DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRACUNCULIASIS DWELLING EARLY CHILDHOOD EARNINGS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ENROLLMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURE FAMILIES FLOORS GUIDANCE SERVICE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOME IMPROVEMENT HOMEOWNERSHIP HOMES HOOKWORM HOOKWORM INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING MARKET HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING UNITS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SERVICES HYGIENE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS INTESTINAL PARASITES IRON LATIN AMERICAN LIVER LOSS OF APPETITE MALNUTRITION MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MOBILITY MORTALITY NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION OVERCROWDING PARASITES PARASITIC DISEASES PARASITIC INFECTIONS PARASITIC WORMS PARASITOLOGY PARENTING POPULATION GROUPS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE PRIVATIZATION PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES ROOMS RURAL AREAS SCHISTOSOMIASIS SELFHELP HOUSING SEX SKIN DISEASES SLEEP SLEEP DISTURBANCE SLUM SLUM AREAS SLUMS SOCIAL WELFARE SYMPTOMS TRACHOMA TREATMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION VENTILATION VOUCHERS WALLS Cattaneo, Matias D. Galiano, Sebastian Gertler, Paul J. Martinez, Sebastian Titiunik, Rocio Housing, Health, and Happiness |
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Despite the importance of housing for
people's well-being, there has been little work done to
assess the causal impact of housing and housing improvement
programs on health and welfare. In this paper the authors
help 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. They find that replacing dirt floors with cement
floors significantly reduces parasitic infestations in young
children, reduces diarrhea, reduces anemia, and improves
cognitive development. Finally, they also find that this
program leave adults substantially better off, as measured
by satisfaction with their housing and quality of life and
by their significantly lower rates of depression and
perceived stress. |
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS AGE GROUPS AGED AGGLOMERATION ANEMIA ASCARIASIS ASTHMA BENEFITS OF INVESTMENT BLOOD SAMPLES BRAIN CASES OF DIARRHEA CEMENT CHEMOTHERAPY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CITIES CLEANLINESS COMMUNITIES CONCRETE DEPRESSION DESCRIPTION DEWORMING DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRACUNCULIASIS DWELLING EARLY CHILDHOOD EARNINGS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ENROLLMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURE FAMILIES FLOORS GUIDANCE SERVICE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOME IMPROVEMENT HOMEOWNERSHIP HOMES HOOKWORM HOOKWORM INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING MARKET HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING UNITS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SERVICES HYGIENE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJURIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS INTESTINAL PARASITES IRON LATIN AMERICAN LIVER LOSS OF APPETITE MALNUTRITION MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MOBILITY MORTALITY NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION OVERCROWDING PARASITES PARASITIC DISEASES PARASITIC INFECTIONS PARASITIC WORMS PARASITOLOGY PARENTING POPULATION GROUPS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE PRIVATIZATION PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES ROOMS RURAL AREAS SCHISTOSOMIASIS SELFHELP HOUSING SEX SKIN DISEASES SLEEP SLEEP DISTURBANCE SLUM SLUM AREAS SLUMS SOCIAL WELFARE SYMPTOMS TRACHOMA TREATMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN STUDIES URBANIZATION VENTILATION VOUCHERS WALLS |
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Cattaneo, Matias D. Galiano, Sebastian Gertler, Paul J. Martinez, Sebastian Titiunik, Rocio |
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Cattaneo, Matias D. Galiano, Sebastian Gertler, Paul J. Martinez, Sebastian Titiunik, Rocio |
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Cattaneo, Matias D. |
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Housing, Health, and Happiness |
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Housing, Health, and Happiness |
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Housing, Health, and Happiness |
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Housing, Health, and Happiness |
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Housing, Health, and Happiness |
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housing, health, and happiness |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2007-04 |
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