TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Chang, Simon
AU  - Fleisher, Belton M.
AU  - Kim, Seonghoon
AU  - Liu, Shi-yung
        TI  - Long-term Effects of Early Childhood Malaria Exposure on Education and Health: Evidence from Colonial Taiwan
        PY  - 2011/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5526
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5526
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - education
KW  - early childhood
KW  - malaria
KW  - health
KW  - Taiwan
        ER  -