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Orphanhood and human capital destruction: Is there persistence into adulthood?

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Beegle, Kathleen, De Weerdt, Joachim, Dercon, Stefan·2010·Demography
DOI 10.1353/dem.0.0094PMC PMC3000004
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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 1991-1994 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 fixed effects. We find that maternal orphanhood has a permanent adverse impact of 2 cm of final 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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Authors
Beegle, K., De Weerdt, J., & Dercon, S.
Affiliations
  • World Bank (US)
  • Economic Development Initiatives, Tanzania
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Beegle, Kathleen
ORCID
Beegle, Kathleen
Venue
Demography
Publisher
Duke University Press
Published
2010-02-01
Volume
47
Issue
1
Pages
163-180
ISSN
  • 0070-3370 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-7790
DOI
10.1353/dem.0.0094
PMC
PMC3000004
OpenAlex
W2170141538
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96
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FWCI
21.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Demography (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
  • Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • World Bank Group
  • Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
  • Economic and Social Research Council (RES-000-22-1060)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Development › Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Keywords
orphanhood, child mortality, human capital, adult height, educational attainment, long-term outcomes, child welfare
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Body Height, Child, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Regression Analysis, Tanzania, Case-Control Studies, Child, Orphaned, Health Status Disparities

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