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Orphanhood and human capital destruction : is there persistence into adulthood?
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Author
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Abstract
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| This article presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long run for health and education outcomes in a region of northwestern Tanzania. We study a sample of 718 non-orphaned children surveyed in 19911994 who were traced and reinterviewed as adults in 2004. A large proportion, 19%, lost one or more parents before age 15 in this period, allowing us to assess permanent health and education impacts of orphanhood. In the analysis, we control for a wide range of child and adult characteristics before orphanhood, as well as community fi xed effects. We fi nd that maternal orphanhood has a permanent adverse impact of 2 cm of fi nal height attainment and one year of educational attainment. Expressing welfare in terms of consumption expenditure, the result is a gap of 8.5% compared with similar children whose mothers survived until at least their 15th birthday. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Demography / Population Association of America. - Washington, D.C., 1964, currens
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Publication
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Washington, D.C.
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2010
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ISSN
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0070-3370
1533-7790
[online]
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DOI
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10.1353/DEM.0.0094
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Volume/pages
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47
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(2010)
, p. 163-180
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ISI
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000275218900009
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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