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Autor/inn/en | Chang, Simon; Fleisher, Belton M.; Kim, Seonghoon; Liu, Shi-yung |
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Titel | Long-term effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health. Evidence from colonial Taiwan. |
Quelle | Bonn: IZA (2011), 44 S., 290,42 KB
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Reihe | Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit. 5526 |
Beigaben | grafische Darstellungen |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; Monographie; Graue Literatur |
Schlagwörter | Bildungsniveau; Kind; Gesundheit; Tropenkrankheit; Arbeitspapier; Erwachsener; Taiwan |
Abstract | We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting variations in malaria exposure risk around birth that resulted from a universal malaria eradication campaign in colonial Taiwan in the early 20th century. We find that malaria exposure around birth leads to lower life-time educational attainment and to worse mental and physical health outcomes in old age as reflected in particular in worse cognitive function, a higher likelihood of cardiovascular diseases and a higher mortality hazard, compared to those who were not exposed. |
Erfasst von | ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel |
Update | 2011/4 |