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The power of markets: Impact of desert locust invasions on child health

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This paper investigates the consequences of the 2004 locust plague in Mali. We argue that in agricultural economies with a single harvest per year, this type of shock can affect households through two channels: first, a speculative/anticipatory effect that kicks in during the growing season, followed by a local crop failure effect after harvest. We document a substantial impact of the plague on crop price inflation before the harvest. Regarding health setbacks, children subject only to the speculative/anticipatory effect suffered as much as those exposed to the actual crop failure effect. The latter is more severe for children born in isolated areas.

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hal-03946218 , version 1 (19-01-2023)

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Bruno Conte, Lavinia Piemontese, Augustin Tapsoba. The power of markets: Impact of desert locust invasions on child health. Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 87, pp.102712. ⟨10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102712⟩. ⟨hal-03946218⟩
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