The Effect of Dengue Fever on Schooling Outcomes

Juliana Carneiro, Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner and Lıvia Menezes
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Juliana Carneiro: University of Warwick
Lıvia Menezes: University of Birmingham

No 1423, School of Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, University of Surrey

Abstract: In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of transitory individual-level health shocks on schooling outcomes in Brazil. We focus on dengue fever, which, despite putting half of the world’s population at risk, has received relatively little attention, possibly due to its low mortality. We link individual register data on dengue infections with detailed individual records from the Brazilian school census and use a fixed effects estimation strategy to estimate the effect of dengue infections on grade retention and dropout. We find that dengue infections during the school year have a substantial negative effect on measures of student success, with an increase in grade retention of 3.5 percent and an increase in dropout of 4.6 percent. The results are important for vector control programs and for the adoption and targeting of novel dengue vaccines.

JEL-codes: I12 J13 K42 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2023-12
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