Housing, Health, and Happiness
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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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