Malaria and Economic Productivity: A Longitudinal Analysis of the American Case
利用1850和1860年美国联邦人口普查数据，研究发现迁移到高疟疾风险县的人，其房地产财富增长低于迁移到低风险地区的人，为估算现代疟疾根除的经济效益提供了历史证据。
Using longitudinal data linked to the 1850 and 1860 U.S. federal census manuscript schedules, this article examines the effect of migration to high-risk malaria counties on real estate wealth accumulation. Although the migrants recognized the risk of malaria, they still migrated to malarial regions. Those who migrated to areas with higher risk of malaria experienced smaller increases in real estate wealth than migrants to less malarial areas. The findings in this study provide historical evidence with which to estimate the potential modern-day economic benefit of malarial eradication.