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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Vol. 2 No. 2 (April 2010)
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Malaria Eradication in the Americas: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure
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Bleakley, Hoyt. 2010. "Malaria Eradication in the Americas: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure."
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
2(2): 1-45.
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.2.1
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.2.1
Abstract
This study uses the malaria-eradication campaigns in the United
States (circa 1920) and in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico (circa 1955)
to measure how much childhood exposure to malaria depresses
labor productivity. The campaigns began because of advances in
health technology, which mitigates concerns about reverse causality.
Malarious areas saw large drops in the disease thereafter. Relative
to non-malarious areas, cohorts born after eradication had higher
income as adults than the preceding generation. These cross-cohort
changes coincided with childhood exposure to the campaigns rather
than to pre-existing trends. Estimates suggest a substantial, though
not predominant, role for malaria in explaining cross-region differences
in income. (JEL I12, I18, J13, O15)
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Bleakley, Hoyt (U Chicago)
JEL Classifications
I12: Health Production
I18: Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
J13: Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
O15: Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
I18: Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
J13: Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
O15: Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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