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Behavioural response to a sudden health risk: Dengue and educational outcomes in Colombia
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Abstract Epidemics tend to have a debilitating influence on the lives of directly afflicted families. However, the presence of an epidemic can also change the behaviour and outcomes of those not directly affected. This paper makes use of a short, sharp, unexpected epidemic to examine the behavioural response... mehr
Epidemics tend to have a debilitating influence on the lives of directly afflicted families. However, the presence of an epidemic can also change the behaviour and outcomes of those not directly affected. This paper makes use of a short, sharp, unexpected epidemic to examine the behavioural response of the general public to a sudden shift in the perceived risk to an individual's health and mortality. Our analysis finds that unafflicted school students change their behaviour substantially, affecting important life outcomes. In particular, we find that close to 4 fewer students, out of a typical class of 47 pupils, sit their school leaving examination for every additional 10 cases of severe Dengue per 10 000 inhabitants in a municipality. We rule out several possible mechanisms, leaving an increase in the salience of the disease's risks as a plausible explanation for our findings.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Kolumbien; Gesundheit; Humankapital; Risiko; Bildung; Epidemie; Verhalten; Schüler; Schülerin
Klassifikation
Medizinsoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
D80; Dengue; I12; I15; I20
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
49 S.
Schriftenreihe
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und Entscheidung, Abteilung Ökonomik des Wandels, SP II 2017-306
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162007
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
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