Guilbert, Nathalie; de Vreyer, Philippe; Mesplé-Somps, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
This paper estimates the long run impact of a large income shock, by exploiting the regional variation of the 1987-1989 locust invasion in Mali. Using exhaustive Population Census data, we construct birth cohorts of individuals and compare those born and living in the years and villages a ected...