Malaria and Education: Evidence from Mali
Josselin Thuilliez
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Hippolyte d'Albis
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Résumé
This article examines the influence of malaria on human capital accumulation in the village of Diankabou in Mali. To account for malaria endogeneity and its interaction with unobservable risk factors, we exploit natural variations in malaria immunity across individuals of several sympatric ethnic groups—the Fulani and the non-Fulani—who differ in their susceptibility to malaria. The Fulani are known to be less susceptible to malaria infections, despite living with a similar malaria transmission intensity to those seen among other ethnic groups. We also use natural variation of malaria intensity in the area (during and after the malaria transmission season) and utilise this seasonal change as a treatment. We found that malaria has an impact on cognitive and educational outcomes in this village.
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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This article examines the influence of malaria on human capital accumulation in the village of Diankabou in Mali. To account for malaria endogeneity and its interaction with unobservable risk factors, we exploit natural variations in malaria immunity across individuals of several sympatric ethnic groups—the Fulani and the non-Fulani—who differ in their susceptibility to malaria. The Fulani are known to be less susceptible to malaria infections, despite living with a similar malaria transmission intensity to those seen among other ethnic groups. We also use natural variation of malaria intensity in the area (during and after the malaria transmission season) and utilise this seasonal change as a treatment. We found that malaria has an impact on cognitive and educational outcomes in this village.
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Titre |
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Malaria and Education: Evidence from Mali
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Auteur(s) |
Josselin Thuilliez
1
, Hippolyte d'Albis
2, 3
, Hamidou Niangaly
4
, Ogobara Doumbo
5
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CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
2
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 1171428 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
4
MRTC -
Malaria Research and Training Center
( 122520 )
- Mali
5
UCAD -
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar [Sénégal]
( 1175215 )
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar - Rectorat, BP 5005 Dakar-fann
- Sénégal
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2017-08
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Page/Identifiant |
443-469
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Commentaire |
We are very grateful to the editor, John Hoddinott, and two anonymous referees, Hoyt Bleakley, Lauwrence Katz, Maria Kuecken, Nigel Rice, Andrew Street, Marie-Anne Valfort and numerous seminar participants for helpful comments and advice. We especially thank the children of Diankabou and their families for their cooperation. We are also grateful to Diankabou school teachers, the Malaria Research and Training Center employees for expert research assistance, for help acquiring the necessary data and for answering our many questions. In particular, we would like to thank Prof. Abdoulaye Djimdé Dr Alasseini Balam, Dr Yamoussa Keita, Dr Abdoul Karim Sangaré Saïla Doumbo, Ismaila Théra; and the Department of Immunology of Stockholm University, especially Stéphanie Bostrm, Leif Rogell and Marita Troye Blomberg. We thank the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant DU 283953), the French School of Public Health, the Fondation pour les Études et Recherches sur le Développement International and University Paris 1 for financial support. This work also benefited from the support of the French National Research Agency, as part of the programme ‘Investissements d'avenir’, ANR-10-LABX-14–01. The usual caveat applies.
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Date de publication électronique |
2017-02-18
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Volume |
26
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Numéro |
4
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Projet(s) Européen(s) |
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Mots-clés |
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education, immunity, malaria, fertility, cognition
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DOI | 10.1093/jae/ejx004 |
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