- Published
- 2021-03-30
- Venue
- American Economic Review, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 1284-1314
- Cited by
- 186
- Open access
- Yes, bronze
- DOI
- 10.1257/aer.20180284
Abstract
Between 1921 and 1956, French colonial governments organized medical campaigns to treat and prevent sleeping sickness. Villagers were forcibly examined and injected with medications with severe, sometimes fatal, side effects. We digitized 30 years of archival records to document the locations of campaign visits at a granular geographic level for five central African countries. We find that greater campaign exposure reduces vaccination rates and trust in medicine, as measured by willingness to consent to a blood test. We examine relevance for present-day health initiatives; World Bank projects in the health sector are less successful in areas with greater exposure. (JEL F54, I12, I15, I18, N37, N47, Z13)
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- APA 7
Lowes, S., & Montero, E. (2021). The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa. American Economic Review, 111(4), 1284–1314. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180284
- MLA 9
Lowes, Sara, and Eduardo Montero. "The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa." American Economic Review, vol. 111, no. 4, 2021, pp. 1284–1314, https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180284.
- Chicago
Lowes, Sara, and Eduardo Montero. "The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa." American Economic Review 111, no. 4 (2021): 1284–1314. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180284.
- GOST
Lowes S., Montero E. The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa // American Economic Review. — 2021. — Vol. 111, № 4. — P. 1284–1314. — URL: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180284
- BibTeX
@article{lowes2021legacy, title = {{The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa}}, author = {Sara Lowes and Eduardo Montero}, journal = {American Economic Review}, year = {2021}, volume = {111}, number = {4}, pages = {1284--1314}, doi = {10.1257/aer.20180284}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180284} }- RIS
TY - JOUR AU - Lowes, Sara AU - Montero, Eduardo TI - The Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa JO - American Economic Review VL - 111 IS - 4 SP - 1284 EP - 1314 PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/30 DO - 10.1257/aer.20180284 UR - https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180284 ER -