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 … this program leave adults substantially better off, as measured by satisfaction with their housing and quality of life and …

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 … this program leave adults substantially better off, as measured by satisfaction with their housing and quality of life and …

We investigate the impact of a large-scale Mexican program to replace dirt floors with cement floors on child health … and adult happiness. We find that replacing dirt floors with cement significantly improves the health of young children … satisfaction with their housing and quality of life, as well as by lower scores on depression and perceived stress scales. …