Table 5.
IV Estimates: Historical Malaria Burden and Pre-Colonial Development
| Dependent Variable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Log of Population Density | > 20k City in 1850 | Settlement Complexity | Centralization of Power | Intensive Agriculture | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
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| Malaria Burden | −0.059 (0.354) | −0.597 (0.377) | 0.208 (0.259) | −0.180 (0.283) | −0.368 (0.278) |
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| F-Statistic | 21.809 | 26.893 | 24.372 | 26.893 | 26.893 |
| Observations | 398 | 520 | 482 | 520 | 520 |
Standardised beta coefficients. Robust standard errors in parentheses
***
p<0.01,
**
p<0.05,
*
p<0.1.
All specifications include the full set of controls from Table 2.