Household Electrification and Indoor Air Pollution

Barron, Manuel ; Torero, Maximo

Elsevier

关键词: HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION;    INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;    FINE PARTICULATE MATTER;    HEALTH;    ELECTRICITY GRIDS;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jeem.2017.07.007
RP-ID  :  123216

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper provides the first experimental evidence that household electrification leads to substantial reductions in indoor air pollution. Two years after electricity rollout, we measured overnight fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration, which was on average 66% lower among households that were randomly encouraged to connect to the electrical grid compared to those that were not. As a result, prevalence of acute respiratory infections among children under six was 8-14 percentage points lower in the former group. We find suggestive evidence that these changes are at least partly driven by reductions in kerosene use.