DISEASE AND HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE ROLL BACK MALARIA PARTNERSHIP IN AFRICA

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kuecken, Maria; Thuilliez, Josselin; Valfort, Marie-Anne
• 署名单位: US Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); CNRS - Institute for Humanities & Social Sciences (INSHS); Paris School of Economics
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaa134
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 2171-2202
• 关键词: plasmodium-falciparum; educational-attainment; mortality reductions; outcomes evidence; life expectancy; birth-weight; HEALTH; eradication; IMPACT; fertility

摘要

We estimate the effects of a large-scale antimalaria campaign on a rich set of human capital outcomes in 27 sub-Saharan African countries. Using pre-campaign malaria risk as treatment probability, we exploit quasi-experimental variation in period and cohort exposure to antimalaria campaigns. A conservative interpretation of our results shows a globally positive impact of antimalaria campaigns: they reduced the probability of infant mortality (1 p.p.) and birth (0.4 p.p.) and increased educational attainment (0.4 years) and the likelihood of adult paid employment (6 p.p.). These findings demonstrate how the effects of sweeping disease reduction efforts extend beyond health outcomes.