Long-Term Health Effects of Malaria Exposure around Birth
Evidence from Colonial Taiwan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4361200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Chang (0000-0002-2918-956X, Central University of Finance and Economics), Belton M Fleisher (Central State University), Belton Fleisher, Seonghoon Kim (0000-0001-8042-8776, Singapore Management University), Shi-Yung Liu, Shiyung Liu (Academia Sinica) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 519-536 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/675434 |
| OpenAlex | W3123988679 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 17 |
In the early twentieth century, the Japanese colonial government initiated an island-wide malaria eradication campaign in Taiwan, resulting in not only a rapid decline in malaria across time but also elimination of disparity across regions. Exploiting variations in malaria deaths caused by the campaign, we estimate causal effects of malaria exposure around birth on the health of elderly born in the colonial period. To mitigate potential biases caused by measurement errors and omitted confounders, we employ climatic factors to instrument for malaria deaths. Our findings suggest that people who were exposed to a high malaria risk around birth tend to have a higher likelihood of cardiovascular diseases and worse cognitive functions at old age
Colonialism · Confounding · Environmental health · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Malaria · Sociology · Birth, Development, and Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Immunology · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |