Early-life Malaria Exposure and Adult Outcomes: Evidence from Malaria Eradication in India
利用1950年代印度全国疟疾根除计划的地理差异，研究儿童早期疟疾暴露对成年后教育水平和经济状况的影响，发现对男性消费有适度提升，对教育影响不显著。
We examine the effects of exposure to malaria in early childhood on educational attainment and economic status in adulthood by exploiting geographic variation in malaria prevalence in India prior to a nationwide eradication program in the 1950s. We find that the program led to modest increases in household per capita consumption for prime age men, and the effects for men are larger than those for women in most specifications. We find no evidence of increased educational attainment for men and mixed evidence for women.