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dc.contributor.authorOmar Mahmoud, Tomanen
dc.contributor.authorThiele, Raineren
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-10-
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-18T16:27:01Z-
dc.date.available2009-10-18T16:27:01Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/28358-
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates the effect of AIDS-related mortality on per-capita incomes of surviving household members, using a large nationally representative sample of rural households from Zambia. To minimize selection bias that may arise because AIDS is likely to be the endogenous outcome of individual behavior, we employ a difference-in-difference propensity score matching estimator. We find that the death of a prime-age member has no significant impact on per-capita household income. This result continues to hold when we control for spillover effects by excluding households from the control group if members departed or joined for reasons related to AIDS. A likely explanation for this finding is that surviving household members pursue a mix of income and demographic coping strategies that prevents income losses in the short to medium run.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKiel Working Paper |x1530en
dc.subject.jelI31en
dc.subject.jelJ19en
dc.subject.jelC14en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordHIV/AIDSen
dc.subject.keywordprime-age mortalityen
dc.subject.keywordper adult equivalent incomeen
dc.subject.keyworddifference-in-differenceen
dc.subject.keywordpropensity score matchingen
dc.subject.keywordspilloversen
dc.subject.keywordZambiaen
dc.subject.stwAIDSen
dc.subject.stwSterblichkeiten
dc.subject.stwHaushaltseinkommenen
dc.subject.stwLändlicher Raumen
dc.subject.stwSpillover-Effekten
dc.subject.stwSambiaen
dc.titleDoes AIDS-related mortality reduce per-capita household income? Evidence from rural Zambia-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn604540213en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifwkwp:1530en

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