@techreport{Chang2011Long,
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.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Simon Chang and Belton M. Fleisher and Seonghoon Kim and Shi-yung Liu},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {I12; I18; I21; O15; O18; 330; malaria; early childhood; education; health; Taiwan; Tropenkrankheit; Kinder; Bildungsniveau; Erwachsene; Gesundheit; Taiwan},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104114009},
number = {5526},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {Long-term effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health: Evidence from colonial Taiwan},
type = {Discussion paper series // Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51647},
year = {2011}
}
