Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the 1930s United States /
Barreca, Alan.
Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the 1930s United States / Alan Barreca, Price V. Fishback, Shawn Kantor. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2011. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w17526 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17526. .
October 2011.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) caused a population shift in the United States in the 1930s. Evaluating the effects of the AAA on the incidence of malaria can therefore offer important lessons regarding the broader consequences of demographic changes. Using a quasi-first difference model and a robust set of controls, we find a negative association between AAA expenditures and malaria death rates at the county level. Further, we find the AAA caused relatively low-income groups to migrate from counties with high-risk malaria ecologies. These results suggest that the AAA-induced migration played an important role in the reduction of malaria.
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Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the 1930s United States / Alan Barreca, Price V. Fishback, Shawn Kantor. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2011. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w17526 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17526. .
October 2011.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) caused a population shift in the United States in the 1930s. Evaluating the effects of the AAA on the incidence of malaria can therefore offer important lessons regarding the broader consequences of demographic changes. Using a quasi-first difference model and a robust set of controls, we find a negative association between AAA expenditures and malaria death rates at the county level. Further, we find the AAA caused relatively low-income groups to migrate from counties with high-risk malaria ecologies. These results suggest that the AAA-induced migration played an important role in the reduction of malaria.
System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.