Table 6

Reduced-Form Estimates

Independent VariableDependent Variable
Years of Schooling12+ Years (×100)Log (Income)Poverty Status < 150 percent (× 100)
Panel A: Pre-eradication cohorts, 1900–36 (1960 Census, N = 1,813)
TEMP2228 · HIGH−1.045
(0.332)***
− 14.784
(4.641)***
−0.935
(0.424)**
11.588
(4.244)***
TEMP22280.216
(0.298)
4.874
(4.490)
0.735
(0.422)*
−4.77
(4.622)
Panel B: Post-eradication cohorts, 1937–56 (1980 Census, N = 980)
TEMP2228 · HIGH−0.205
(0.437)
− 10.715
(5.259)**
0.338
(0.411)
1.553
(5.600)
TEMP22280.028
(0.338)
3.133
(3.801)
−0.049
(0.347)
2.223
(3.839)
PRCP, PRCPSQDaYesYesYesYes
Year fixed effectsYesYesYesYes
State fixed effectsYesYesYesYes
State-specific linear trendsYesYesYesYes
  • Notes: * significant at 10 percent; ** significant at 5 percent; *** significant at 1 percent. Standard errors (in parenthesis) are clustered on state of birth. All regressions are weighted by the number of underlying individuals in the state-year cohort.

  • a The reduced-form estimates control for precipitation and precipitation squared in “high” and “low” malaria states, respectively.