%0 Report
        %A Chang, Simon
%A Fleisher, Belton M.
%A Kim, Seonghoon
%A Liu, Shi-yung
        %T Long-term Effects of Early Childhood Malaria Exposure on Education and Health: Evidence from Colonial Taiwan
        %D 2011
        %8 2011 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 5526
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5526
        %X 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.
        %K education
%K early childhood
%K malaria
%K health
%K Taiwan