Orphans and Schooling in Africa: A Longitudinal Analysis

David Evans and Edward Miguel
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David Evans: Department of Economics, Harvard University
Edward Miguel: Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

No 1061, Center for International and Development Economics Research, Working Paper Series from Center for International and Development Economics Research, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley

Abstract: AIDS deaths could have a major impact on economic development by affecting the human capital accumulation of the next generation. We estimate the impact of parent death on primary school participation using an unusual five-year panel data set of over 20,000 Kenyan children. There is a substantial decrease in school participation following a parent death, and a smaller drop before the death (presumably due to pre-death morbidity). Estimated impacts are smaller in specifications without individual fixed effects, suggesting that estimates based on cross-sectional data are biased toward zero. Effects are largest for children whose mothers died, and those with low baseline academic performance.

Keywords: Parent death; education; HIV/AIDS; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-03-01
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