Climate Change, Disease and Human Capital Outcomes

Lead PI: Dr Belinda Archibong

Unit Affiliation: Barnard College, Economics

January 2017 - September 2020
Inactive
; Benin ; Burkina Faso ; Cameroon ; Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Ethiopia ; Ghana ; Kenya ; Mali ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Senegal ; Togo ; Uganda
Project Type: Research

DESCRIPTION: This project examines the impacts of climate induced disease, in particular meningitis epidemics in the African meningitis belt, on human capital outcomes and social inequality.

OUTCOMES: We examine human capital outcomes including education, health and gender inequality

RESEARCH TEAM:

Dr Francis Annan

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:

Georgia State University

PUBLICATIONS:

Archibong, B., & Annan, F., (2017). "Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Niger's 1986 Meningitis Epidemic." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 107(5): 530-35;

Archibong, B., & Annan, F. (2020). Climate Change, Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment. In Women and Sustainable Human Development (pp. 15-35). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

DATASETS: Meningitis cases and epidemics from the WHO, Harmattan/dry season indicators in the African meningitis belt, human capital outcomes from DHS and World Bank data

KEYWORDS

health harmattan epidemics human capital gender gap education meningitis climate change inequality

THEMES

Modeling and Adapting to Future Climate