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The Long-Term Economic Impact of In Utero and Postnatal Exposure to Malaria

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: I use an instrumental-variables identification strategy and historical data from the United States to estimate the long-term economic impact of in utero and postnatal exposure to malaria.My research design matches adults in the 1960 Decennial Census to the malaria death rate in their respective state and year of birth.To address potential omitted variables bias and measurement-error bias, I use variation in "malaria-ideal" temperatures to instrument for malaria exposure.My estimates indicate that in utero and postnatal exposure to malaria led to considerably lower levels of educational attainment and higher rates of poverty later in life.

Source: The Journal of Human Resources

DOI: 10.3368/jhr.45.4.865

Author: Alan I. Barreca

Institutions: Tulane University, University of California, Davis

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: University of California, Davis