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Accidents caused by kerosene lamps: New evidence from African household data

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  • Lenz, Luciane
  • Montenbruck, Laura
  • Sievert, Maximiliane

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The use of kerosene for lighting, cooking, and heating in developing countries is often considered a major health threat as it can cause accidents like thermal injuries, poisonings, fires or explosions. A number of hospital surveys emphasize this threat but evidence from household data is extremely scarce and mostly outdated. The present paper is one of the first to investigate the link between kerosene-based lighting and accidents at the household level. We use survey data from 3,326 non-electrified households in Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Senegal, and Zambia and observe very heterogeneous kerosene lamp usage rates. In some regions, accidents with kerosene lamps occur in a substantial share of the population, but the absolute incidence is rather low.

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  • Lenz, Luciane & Montenbruck, Laura & Sievert, Maximiliane, 2017. "Accidents caused by kerosene lamps: New evidence from African household data," Ruhr Economic Papers 679, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:rwirep:679
    DOI: 10.4419/86788787
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    1. Unknown, 2016. "Energy for Sustainable Development," Conference Proceedings 253270, Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies (IDSAsr).
    2. Bensch, Gunther & Peters, Jörg & Sievert, Maximiliane, 2015. "The lighting transition in Africa: From kerosene to LED and the emerging dry-cell battery problem," Ruhr Economic Papers 579, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
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    Keywords

    burns; thermal injury; kerosene lamp; traditional lighting; Sub-Sahara Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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