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 …

prevalent diseases such as malaria adversely impact the productivity, labor supply, and occupational choice of workers in these … sectors by reducing physical capacity. This study identifies the impact of malaria on worker earnings, labor supply, and daily … malaria testing and treatment. The results indicate a significant and substantial intent to treat effect of the intervention …

malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that malaria, a parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes, causes over … associated with malaria prevalence are perhaps the most important reason why some countries today are rich and others poor. This …