The Long-Term Economic Impact of in Utero and Postnatal Exposure to Malaria

Autor/in	Barreca, Alan I.
Titel	The Long-Term Economic Impact of in Utero and Postnatal Exposure to Malaria
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 45 (2010) 4, S.865-892 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Educational Attainment; Mortality Rate; Economic Impact; Diseases; Prenatal Influences; Perinatal Influences; Computation; Pregnancy; Correlation; Poverty; At Risk Persons; Climate; Public Health; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Mortalitätsrate; Ökonomische Determinanten; Disease; Krankheit; Pränataler Einfluss; Perinatalperiode; Schwangerschaft; Korrelation; Armut; Risikogruppe; Klima; Gesundheitswesen; USA
Abstract	I use an instrumental-variables identification strategy and historical data from the United States to estimate the long-term economic impact of in utero and postnatal exposure to malaria. My research design matches adults in the 1960 Decennial Census to the malaria death rate in their respective state and year of birth. To address potential omitted-variables bias and measurement-error bias, I use variation in "malaria-ideal" temperatures to instrument for malaria exposure. My estimates indicate that in utero and postnatal exposure to malaria led to considerably lower levels of educational attainment and higher rates of poverty later in life. (Contains 53 footnotes, 8 tables, and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10