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| Yamano, Takashi; Jayne, Thomas S.; McNeil, Melody Rebekah. |
| Using a two-year panel of 1,422 Kenyan households surveyed in 1997 and 2000, we measure how working-age adult mortality affects rural households= size and composition, crop production, asset levels, and off-farm income. First, the paper uses adult mortality rates from available data on an HIV-negative sample to predict the proportion of deaths observed between 1997 and 2000 due to AIDS. Next, using a difference-in-differences estimation, we measure changes in outcomes between households afflicted by adult mortality vs. those not afflicted over the three-year survey period. The effects of adult mortality are highly sensitive to the gender and position of the deceased family member in the household. Households suffering the death of the head-of-household... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25802 |
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| McNeil, Melody Rebekah. |
| The in incidence of prime-age adult death is increasing as a result of HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections. Because of these increases, the ability of smallholders to increase food security and maintain current on and off-farm activities is more constrained than ever. Using panel data, this paper empirically examines the effects of disease-related adult death on small farm households in Kenya. With increasing pressure on land and resources, the strategies employed by these households are currently centered around maintaining household composition consistent with their needs for household and farm labor. The demographic crisis being faced in some areas of Kenya is not repeated across all districts at this time. Government and non-government entities... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11056 |
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