Orphanhood and human capital destruction: Is there persistence into adulthood?
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%, los...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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