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- Title
LONG-RUN HEALTH IMPACTS OF INCOME SHOCKS: WINE AND PHYLLOXERA IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE.
- Authors
Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther; Postel-Vinay, Gilles; Watts, Tim
- Abstract
Between 1863 and 1890, phylloxera destroyed 40% of French vineyards. Using the regional variation in the timing of this shock, we identify and examine the effects on adult height, health, and life expectancy of children born in the years and regions affected by the phylloxera. The shock decreased long-run height, but it did not affect other dimensions of health, including life expectancy. We find that those born in affected regions were about 1.8 millimeters shorter than others at age 20, a significant effect since average heights grew by only 2 centimeters in the entire nineteenth century.
- Subjects
FRANCE; BUSINESS cycles; PHYLLOXERA; FRENCH wines; LIFE expectancy; STATURE; INTRODUCED insects; MATHEMATICAL models; DATA analysis; EMPIRICAL research; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Review of Economics & Statistics, 2010, Vol 92, Issue 4, p714
- ISSN
0034-6535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/REST_a_00024