The Long-run Impact of Orphanhood

This paper presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long run for health and education outcomes, in a region of Northwestern Tanzania. The paper studies a sample of 718 non-orphaned children surveyed in 1991-94, who were traced and re...

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Main Authors:	Beegle, Kathleen, De Weerdt, Joachim, Dercon, Stefan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNT ADOLESCENTS ADULT LIFE ADULT MORTALITY AFFECTED CHILDREN AGED AIDS EPIDEMIC BULLETIN CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD FOSTERING CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILDBEARING CHILDREN AT RISK CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIET DISCRIMINATION DISEASES DOUBLE ORPHAN DOUBLE ORPHANS EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY GIRLS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HETEROSEXUAL CONTACT HIV HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD NUMBER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESSES IMPACT OF AIDS IMPACT ON CHILDREN IMPACT ON HEALTH INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LABOR FORCE LIVING STANDARDS MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL ORPHANS MEASLES MEDICAL CARE MORTALITY MORTALITY OF MEN MOTHER NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF ORPHANS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ORPHANS OBESITY ORPHAN ORPHAN CARE ORPHAN CRISIS ORPHANHOOD ORPHANS PANDEMIC PARENTAL DEATH PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTAL ILLNESS PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT PATERNAL ORPHANS PEDIATRICS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBERTY RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SEX SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEEN TRAUMA UNIVERSAL AVAILABILITY VACCINATION WAGES WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG AGE YOUNG AGES YOUNGER CHILDREN
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