Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272479 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15852
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We use a nationally representative panel data and combine difference-in-differences methodology with multivalued treatments to look at the impact of cooking fuel switch towards LPG on the probability of short-term adverse respiratory health outcomes such as cough and cough with breathing issues. We find that a switch by households from polluting fuels to LPG reduces the probability of any household member reporting adverse short-term respiratory issues. However, a switch from polluting fuels to a fuel stacking strategy has no impact on the adverse respiratory health issues. A reverse switch by households from LPG to polluting fuels increases the probability of household members reporting adverse health outcomes. Importantly, the clean switch to LPG has a much larger impact for women in reducing the incidence of short-term adverse respiratory outcomes.
Subjects: 
fuel switching
difference-in-differences
multivalued treatments
JEL: 
I1
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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