Indoor Air Pollution and Children's Health: Net Benefits from Stove and Behavioral Interventions in Rural China

50 Pages Posted: 28 Nov 2012

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Fei Yu

Asian Development Bank

Date Written: Oct. 27, 2010

Abstract

Indoor air pollution (IAP) from cooking and heating stoves is a major cause of acute respiratory infections (ARI) and a serious health risk in developing countries. This paper examines improvements in respiratory health for children five and under in rural China resulting from stove and behavioural interventions to reduce IAP. The analysis uses data from a World Bank/Government of China project completed in 2006, whereby a large number of rural households from four provinces in China were subject to different combinations of stove improvement and behavioural interventions to reduce IAP levels and exposure. Difference-in-difference and matching models show that both stove and behavioural interventions were effective in reducing the incidence of ARI, although the latter are more cost effective.

Keywords: Indoor Air Pollution, Environmental Valuation, Health

JEL Classification: Q5, I1

Suggested Citation

Yu, Fei, Indoor Air Pollution and Children's Health: Net Benefits from Stove and Behavioral Interventions in Rural China (Oct. 27, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2181704 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2181704

Fei Yu (Contact Author)

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