Does malaria control impact education? Evidence from Roll Back Malaria in Africa

Maria Kuecken (1, 2) , Josselin Thuilliez (1) , Marie-Anne Valfort (1)

1 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
2 PSE - Paris School of Economics

Relying on microeconomic data, we examine the impact of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) control campaigns on the educational attainment of primary school children in 14 Sub-Saharan African countries. Combining a difference-in-differences approach with an IV analysis, we exploit exogenous variation in pre-campaign malaria prevalence and exogenous variation in exposure to the timing and disbursements of the RBM campaign. In all 14 countries, the RBM campaign reveals itself as a particularly cost-effective strategy to improve primary school children’s educational attainment.

Mots clés: Malaria; Education; Roll-Back-Malaria

Domaines: Economies et finances

Maria Kuecken, Josselin Thuilliez, Marie-Anne Valfort. Does malaria control impact education? Evidence from Roll Back Malaria in Africa . 2015. ⟨halshs-01099524⟩