| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w7541 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 7541 |
| The Growth Costs of Malaria | |
| Desmond McCarthy; Holger Wolf; Yi Wu | |
| 发表日期 | 2000-02-01 |
| 出版年 | 2000 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Malaria ranks among the foremost health issues facing tropical countries. In this paper, we explore the determinants of cross-country differences in malaria morbidity, and examine the linkage between malaria and economic growth. Using a classification rule analysis, we confirm the dominant role of climate in accounting for cross-country differences in malaria morbidity. The data, however, do not suggest that tropical location is destiny: controlling for climate, we find that access to rural healthcare and income equality influence malaria morbidity. In a cross-section growth framework, we find a significant negative association between higher malaria morbidity and the growth rate of GDP per capita which is robust to a number of modifications, including controlling for reverse causation. The estimated absolute growth impact of malaria differs sharply across countries; it exceeds a quarter percent per annum in a quarter of the sample countries. Most of these are located in Sub-Saharan Africa (with an estimated average annual growth reduction of 0.55 percent). |
| 主题 | International Economics ; International Macroeconomics ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w7541 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/565088 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Desmond McCarthy,Holger Wolf,Yi Wu. The Growth Costs of Malaria. 2000. |
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