@article{Mather:120740,
      recid = {120740},
      author = {Mather, David},
      title = {Working-Age Adult Mortality, Orphan Status, and Child  Schooling in Rural Zambia},
      address = {2011-11},
      number = {1096-2016-88348},
      series = {IDWP},
      pages = {60},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {During the last decade, the Zambian government has  dramatically increased expenditures on primary and  secondary schooling, and enrollment rates have risen  dramatically. At the same time, Zambia has faced the  challenge of rising HIV prevalence and the possibility that  recent gains in long-term human capital development could  be eroded if households which suffer the death of a  working-age (WA) adult pull their children out of school  due to family labor
shortages or financial constraints.  This paper uses panel survey data from rural Zambia to  measure the impact of WA adult mortality and morbidity on  primary school attendance and school advancement, and  separately tests the extent to which orphan status affects  these schooling outcomes. There are five principal findings  from our analysis.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/120740},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.120740},
}