Shelter from the storm: upgrading housing infraestructure in Latin American slums

This paper provides empirical evidence on the causal effects that upgrading slum dwellings has on the living conditions of the extremely poor. In particular, we study the impact of providing better houses in situ to slum dwellers in El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. We experimentally evaluate the imp...

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Autores principales:	Galiani, Sebastián, Gertler, Paul J., Cooper, Ryan, Martínez, Sebastián, Ross, Adam, Undurraga, Raimundo
Formato:	Articulo Documento de trabajo
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	2014
Materias:	Ciencias Económicas Vivienda JEL: I12, I31, J13, O15, O18 América Latina slums housing health happiness internal and external validity
Acceso en línea:	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/50686 http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/doc_cedlas165.pdf
Aporte de:	SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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spellingShingle	Ciencias Económicas Vivienda JEL: I12, I31, J13, O15, O18 América Latina slums housing health happiness internal and external validity Galiani, Sebastián Gertler, Paul J. Cooper, Ryan Martínez, Sebastián Ross, Adam Undurraga, Raimundo Shelter from the storm: upgrading housing infraestructure in Latin American slums
topic_facet	Ciencias Económicas Vivienda JEL: I12, I31, J13, O15, O18 América Latina slums housing health happiness internal and external validity
description	This paper provides empirical evidence on the causal effects that upgrading slum dwellings has on the living conditions of the extremely poor. In particular, we study the impact of providing better houses in situ to slum dwellers in El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. We experimentally evaluate the impact of a housing project run by the NGO TECHO which provides basic pre-fabricated houses to members of extremely poor population groups in Latin America. The main objective of the program is to improve household well-being. Our findings show that better houses have a positive effect on overall housing conditions and general well-being: treated households are happier with their quality of life. In two countries, we also document improvements in children’s health; in El Salvador, slum dwellers also feel that they are safer. We do not find this result, however, in the other two experimental samples. There are no other noticeable robust effects on the possession of durable goods or in terms of labor outcomes. Our results are robust in terms of both internal and external validity because they are derived from similar experiments in three different Latin American countries.
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author	Galiani, Sebastián Gertler, Paul J. Cooper, Ryan Martínez, Sebastián Ross, Adam Undurraga, Raimundo
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title	Shelter from the storm: upgrading housing infraestructure in Latin American slums
title_short	Shelter from the storm: upgrading housing infraestructure in Latin American slums
title_full	Shelter from the storm: upgrading housing infraestructure in Latin American slums
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publishDate	2014
url	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/50686 http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/doc_cedlas165.pdf
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Shelter from the storm: upgrading housing infraestructure in Latin American slums

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