Adrienne Lucas
Malaria Eradication and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Paraguay and Sri Lanka
Wellesley College
midtwentieth century malaria eradication campaigns largely eliminated malaria paraguay sri lanka using interventions quasiexperiments estimate malarias effect lifetime female educational attainment combination preexisting geographic variation malarial intensity cohort exposure based timing national antimalaria campaigns estimates sri lanka paraguay similar indicate malaria eradication increased years educational attainment literacy similarity estimates across countries reinforces confidence validity identification strategy jel i12 i18 i21 j16 o15 o18