The long-run impact of orphanhood.

This paper presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long run for health and education outcomes, in a region of Northwestern Tanzania. The paper studies a sample of 718 non-orphaned children surveyed in 1991-94, who were traced and re-interviewed as adults in 2004. A large proportion,...

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Main Authors: Beegle, K, Weerdt, J, Dercon, S
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2007

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