Does Prime-Age Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia

Toman Omar Mahmoud and Rainer Thiele
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Toman Barsbai

World Development, 2013, vol. 45, issue C, 51-62

Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of prime-age mortality on per-adult equivalent incomes of surviving household members in rural Zambia. The analysis uses difference-in-difference matching techniques and controls for spillover effects by excluding households from the control group if members departed or joined for reasons related to prime-age mortality. The latter is required because per-adult equivalent incomes of non-afflicted households may be indirectly affected, e.g., by hosting orphans. We find evidence of negative spillover effects on non-afflicted households. However, the death of a prime-age member has no significant short-run effect on per-adult equivalent income of afflicted households.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; per-adult equivalent income; spillover effects; Africa; Zambia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.09.005

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