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Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Bharadwaj, Prashant, Fenske, James, Nyshadham, Anant and Stanley, Richard (2024) Dust and death : evidence from the West African Harmattan. The Economic Journal . uead088. doi:10.1093/ej/uead088 ISSN 0013-0133. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead088
Abstract
Using two decades of data from 12 low-income countries in West Africa, we show that dust carried by harmattan trade winds increases infant and child mortality. Health investments respond to dust exposure, consistent with compensating behaviors. Despite these efforts, surviving children still exhibit negative health impacts. Our data allow us to investigate differential impacts over time and across countries. We find declining impacts over time, indicating adaptation. Using national-level measures of macroeconomic conditions and health resources, we find suggestive evidence that both economic development and public health improvements have contributed to this adaptation, with health improvements playing a larger role.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Economic Journal | ||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 0013-0133 | ||||||
Official Date: | 18 January 2024 | ||||||
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Article Number: | uead088 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/ej/uead088 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
Re-use Statement: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The Economic Journal following peer review. The version of record Achyuta Adhvaryu, Prashant Bharadwaj, James Fenske, Anant Nyshadham, Richard Stanley, Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African Harmattan, The Economic Journal, 2024;, uead088, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead088 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 June 2019 | ||||||
Type of Event: | Other | ||||||
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