Do intergenerational transfer of environmental knowledge and self-monitoring behavior reduce indoor air pollution?

• Project/Area Number: 21K13290
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
• Research Institution: Kochi University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: ISLAM MOINUL 高知工科大学, フューチャー・デザイン研究所, 講師 (60841658)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2025-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
• Keywords: Economic Policy / Environmental Policy / Field Experiment

Outline of Research at the Start

Objective: Identify the impacts of intergenerational transfer of environmental education and self- monitoring on household indoor air pollution reduction
Treatments: 1. Environmental education and 2. Self-monitoring of indoor air quality Randomization: Participants will randomly allocated into treatment and control groups
Outcome: Households daily indoor air pollution
Unit of Analysis: Households in rural Bangladesh and India
Data: Primary survey data, Daily indoor air pollution data
Method: Field experiment (RCT). Following table represents treatment design for RCT