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Health Impacts of the Green Revolution: Evidence from 600,000 births across the Developing World.


ABSTRACT: What is the contribution of the 'Green Revolution' to improvements in child health during the 20th century? We provide global scale estimates of this relationship by constructing a novel, spatially-precise indicator of modern crop variety (MV) diffusion and leveraging child-level data from over 600,000 children across 21,604 sampling locations in 37 developing countries between 1961-2000. Results indicate that the diffusion of MVs reduced infant mortality by 2.4-5.3 percentage points (from a baseline of 18%), with stronger effects for male infants and among poor households. The sizable contribution of agricultural technology to improved welfare should inform global food and development policy.

SUBMITTER: von der Goltz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7695682 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Health Impacts of the Green Revolution: Evidence from 600,000 births across the Developing World.

von der Goltz Jan J   Dar Aaditya A   Fishman Ram R   Mueller Nathaniel D ND   Barnwal Prabhat P   McCord Gordon C GC  

Journal of health economics 20200908


What is the contribution of the 'Green Revolution' to improvements in child health during the 20<sup>th</sup> century? We provide global scale estimates of this relationship by constructing a novel, spatially-precise indicator of modern crop variety (MV) diffusion and leveraging child-level data from over 600,000 children across 21,604 sampling locations in 37 developing countries between 1961-2000. Results indicate that the diffusion of MVs reduced infant mortality by 2.4-5.3 percentage points  ...[more]

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