Long-term Effects of Early Childhood Malaria Exposure on Education and Health: Evidence from Colonial Taiwan

Simon Chang, Belton Fleisher (fleisher.1@osu.edu), Seonghoon Kim (seonghoonkim@smu.edu.sg) and Shi-yung Liu
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No 5526, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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.

Keywords: education; early childhood; malaria; health; Taiwan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I18 I21 O15 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2011-02
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Published - published in: Econmic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62 (3), 519-36.

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