Malaria eradication and economic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Uganda

Jeremy Barofsky, Tobenna D. Anekwe and Claire Chase

Journal of Health Economics, 2015, vol. 44, issue C, 118-136

Abstract: This study evaluates the economic consequences of a 1959–1960 malaria eradication campaign in southwestern Uganda. The effort constitutes a rare, large-scale, and well-documented attempt to eliminate malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and produced an immediate disease reduction. We use this quasi-experimental health shock to identify long-term changes in educational and economic outcomes. Comparing the treatment district to a similar synthetic control, we find malaria eradication raised educational attainment by about a half year for both males and females, increased primary school completion among females and generated an almost 40% rise in the likelihood of male wage employment.

Keywords: Malaria; Malaria eradication; Human capital; Economic development; Uganda (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 I18 I21 O15 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.08.002

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