Mosquitoes
Subtitle: the long-term effects of malaria eradication in india
By: David Cutler, Winnie Fung, Michael Kremer, Monica Singhal
Contributors: Fung, Winnie; Kremer, Michael; Singhal, Monica; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 13539; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 13539.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Description: "We examine the effects of malaria on educational attainment by exploiting geographic variation in malaria prevalence in India prior to a nationwide eradication program in the 1950s.  Malaria eradication resulted in gains in literacy and primary school completion rates of approximately 12 percentage points.  These estimates imply that the eradication of malaria can explain about half of the gains in these measures of educational attainment between the pre- and post-eradication periods in areas where malaria was prevalent.  The effects are not present in urban areas, where malaria was not considered to be a problem in the pre-eradication period.  The results cannot be explained by convergence across areas.  We find gains for both men and women as well as for members of scheduled castes and tribes, a traditionally disadvantaged group"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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