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Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce PM 2.5 concentrations? : if so, for whom? : empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia
Bluffstone, Randall Ames; LaFave, Daniel; Mekonnen, Alemu; … - 2019
and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine … household air pollution reductions from an improved biomass cookstove promoted in rural Ethiopia, the Mirt improved cookstove … sample, the Mirt improved cookstove leads to only minor reductions in mean household air pollution (10 percent on average …
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Improved biomass cookstove use in the longer run : results from a field experiment in rural Ethiopia
Mekonnen, Alemu; Beyene, Abebe Damte; Bluffstone, … - 2020
This paper reports on electronically-monitored improved use of the "Mirt" biomass stove in Ethiopia over a relatively long period of three-and-a-half years, using stove use data collected at five points in time. The results show that 62 percent of the households surveyed still retained their...
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Impacts of improved biomass cookstoves on child and adult health : eperimental evidence from rural Ethiopia
LaFave, Daniel; Beyene, Abebe Damte; Bluffstone, … - 2019
This paper presents the three-year impacts of an improved biomass cookstove on child and adult health in rural Ethiopia. After near complete stove adoption during an initial one-year randomized controlled trial, 60 percent of treatment households continued to use the improved stoves three-years...
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Making education in China equitable and efficient
Hossain, Shaikh I. - 1997
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The impacts of parental migration on children's subjective well-being in rural China : a double-edged sword
Shen, Ke; Zhang, Yuan - In: Eurasian geography and economics 59 (2018) 2, pp. 267-289
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Coresidency, ethnicity, and happiness of China's rural elders
Connelly, Rachel; Iannotti, Michael; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - In: Eurasian geography and economics 56 (2015) 1, pp. 70-88
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Externalities in rural development : evidence for China
Ravallion, Martin - 2002
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Is migration a good substitute for education subsidies?
Docquier, Frédéric (contributor);  … - 2008
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Cash transfers, behavioral changes and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment
Macours, Karen (contributor);  … - 2008
"A variety of theories of skill formation suggest that investments in schooling and other dimensions of human capital will have lower returns if children do not have adequate levels of cognitive and social skills at an early age. This paper analyzes the impact of a randomized cash transfer...
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Migration, school attainment and child labor : evidence from rural Pakistan
Mansuri, Ghazala - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003442504