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dc.contributor.authorGräb, Johannesen
dc.contributor.authorPriebe, Janen
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-16-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-20T15:53:59Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-20T15:53:59Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57326-
dc.description.abstractExploiting DHS data from 235 regions in 29 Sub-Saharan Africa countries, we find that the combination of low levels of malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores the causes of this paradox for the Kenyan context. Our identification strategy consists of two parts. First of all, we apply multilevel regression models to control simultaneously for family and community clustering of the observed malnutrition and mortality outcomes. Secondly, to address unobserved but correlated factors, we exploit information from GIS and malaria databases to construct variables that capture additional components of children's geographic, political and cultural environment. Our analysis reveals that beneficial agricultural conditions and feeding practices lead to the observed sound anthropometric outcomes around Lake Victoria. In contrast, high mortality rates rest upon an adverse disease environment (malaria prevalence, water pollution, HIV rates) and a policy neglect (underprovision of health care services). Nonetheless, a significant effect of the local ethnic group, the Luo, on mortality remains.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (IAI) |cGöttingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIAI Discussion Papers |x185en
dc.subject.jelI10en
dc.subject.jelI30en
dc.subject.jelO12en
dc.subject.jelR12en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordchild mortalityen
dc.subject.keywordundernutritionen
dc.subject.keywordpovertyen
dc.subject.keywordmultilevel modelingen
dc.subject.keywordSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.subject.stwKindersterblichkeiten
dc.subject.stwErnährungen
dc.subject.stwGesundheitsrisikoen
dc.subject.stwTropenkrankheiten
dc.subject.stwGewässerbelastungen
dc.subject.stwAIDSen
dc.subject.stwArmuten
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwVictoriaseeen
dc.subject.stwKeniaen
dc.titleLow malnutrition but high mortality: Explaining the paradox of the Lake Victoria region-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn60890855Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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