Gender, Race, and Heterogeneous Effects of Epidemic Malaria on Human Capital and Income
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5011744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samantha B Rawlings, Samantha Rawlings (0000-0001-5901-1255, University of Reading, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 509-543 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| 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 | 10.1086/684965 |
| OpenAlex | W2201275810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 69 |
This article investigates the impact of exposure to a serious, unusual, and unforeseen malaria epidemic in northeast Brazil in 1938–40 on subsequent human capital attainment and income. Arguing the event was exogenous, the article exploits cohort and regional heterogeneity in exposure to identify effects. Results are consistent with differential mortality rates according to gender and socioeconomic status, such that heterogeneous selection and scarring effects are observed. Analyzing by gender alone, positive (selection) effects are found for men, and mixed (positive and negative) effects for women. Allowing for heterogeneity by race, selection effects persist for men. In contrast, positive (selection) effects are observed for nonwhite women, and negative (scarring) effects for white women. Results contribute to evidence suggesting that exposure to negative environmental shocks affects human capital attainment, while also suggesting it heterogeneously affects cohort composition
Biology · Cohort · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Human capital · Malaria · Population · Race (biology) · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Agricultural risk and resilience · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |