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Cooking Stoves, Indoor Air Pollution, and Respiratory Health in India

Esther Duflo
Michael Greenstone
Rema Hanna
While researchers found a meaningful reduction in smoke inhalation in the first year after households received an improved stove, there was no effect over longer time horizons. The difference between the laboratory and field results is due to households’ revealed low valuation of the stoves...