Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households
Due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, sub-Saharan populations are challenged with increasing adult mortality rates that have potentially profound economic implications. Yet, little is known about the impact of adult deaths in African households. Using pane...
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okr-10986-182232021-04-23T14:03:41Z Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households Beegle, Kathleen ADULT MORTALITY ADULTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CHILDBIRTH COMMUNITIES COPING STRATEGIES CROP PRODUCTION DEATHS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENEITY FEMALES FOOD SECURITY GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HIV INFECTION HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL IMMUNODEFICIENCY INJURY INSURANCE MALES MORBIDITY MORTALITY RATES PARENTS PATIENTS PHYSICAL DISABILITY RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SIBLINGS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUICIDE URBAN AREAS UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VILLAGES WEATHER WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS Due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, sub-Saharan populations are challenged with increasing adult mortality rates that have potentially profound economic implications. Yet, little is known about the impact of adult deaths in African households. Using panel data from Tanzania, this paper will explore how prime-age adult mortality impacts the time allocation of surviving household members and the portfolio of household farming activities. Analysis of farm and chore hours across demographic groups generally found small and insignificant changes in labor supply of individuals in households experiencing a prime-age adult death. While some farm activities are temporarily scaled back and wage employment falls after a male death, households did not shift cultivation towards subsistence food farming and did not appear to have reduced their diversification over income sources more than six months after a death. 2014-05-09T19:22:07Z 2014-05-09T19:22:07Z 2003-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/5296537/labor-effects-adult-mortality-tanzanian-households http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18223 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3062 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Tanzania |
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ADULT MORTALITY ADULTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CHILDBIRTH COMMUNITIES COPING STRATEGIES CROP PRODUCTION DEATHS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENEITY FEMALES FOOD SECURITY GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HIV INFECTION HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL IMMUNODEFICIENCY INJURY INSURANCE MALES MORBIDITY MORTALITY RATES PARENTS PATIENTS PHYSICAL DISABILITY RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SIBLINGS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUICIDE URBAN AREAS UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VILLAGES WEATHER WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS |
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ADULT MORTALITY ADULTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CHILDBIRTH COMMUNITIES COPING STRATEGIES CROP PRODUCTION DEATHS DISTRICTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENEITY FEMALES FOOD SECURITY GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HIV INFECTION HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL IMMUNODEFICIENCY INJURY INSURANCE MALES MORBIDITY MORTALITY RATES PARENTS PATIENTS PHYSICAL DISABILITY RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SIBLINGS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUICIDE URBAN AREAS UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VILLAGES WEATHER WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS Beegle, Kathleen Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households |
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Due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic,
sub-Saharan populations are challenged with increasing adult
mortality rates that have potentially profound economic
implications. Yet, little is known about the impact of adult
deaths in African households. Using panel data from
Tanzania, this paper will explore how prime-age adult
mortality impacts the time allocation of surviving household
members and the portfolio of household farming activities.
Analysis of farm and chore hours across demographic groups
generally found small and insignificant changes in labor
supply of individuals in households experiencing a prime-age
adult death. While some farm activities are temporarily
scaled back and wage employment falls after a male death,
households did not shift cultivation towards subsistence
food farming and did not appear to have reduced their
diversification over income sources more than six months
after a death. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Beegle, Kathleen |
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Beegle, Kathleen |
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Beegle, Kathleen |
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Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households |
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Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households |
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Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households |
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Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households |
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Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households |
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labor effects of adult mortality in tanzanian households |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/5296537/labor-effects-adult-mortality-tanzanian-households http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18223 |
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