Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7363315 | Journal of Health Economics | 2015 | 63 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Jeremy Barofsky, Tobenna D. Anekwe, Claire Chase,