Adult Mortality and Consumption Growth in the Age of HIV/AIDS

The authors use a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affect both short and long-run consumption growth of surviving household members. Using unique data which tracks individuals from 1991 to 2004, they examine consumption growth, controlling for a set of in...

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Main Authors: Beegle, Kathleen, De Weerdt, Joachim, Dercon, Stefan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
HIV
SEX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7249104/adult-mortality-consumption-growth-age-hivaids
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8828