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When solidarity fails: Heterogeneous effects on children from adult deaths in Senegalese households

De Vreyer, Philippe; Nilsson, Björn (2019), When solidarity fails: Heterogeneous effects on children from adult deaths in Senegalese households, World Development, 114, p. 73-94. 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.09.018

Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2019
Journal name
World Development
Volume
114
Publisher
Elsevier
Pages
73-94
Publication identifier
10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.09.018
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Author(s)
De Vreyer, Philippe
Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme [DIAL]
Développement, Institutions et Modialisation [LEDA-DIAL]
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]

Nilsson, Björn
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Abstract (EN)
The consequences of orphanhood have been an important topic on the research agenda in recent years, particularly against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. Previous literature has highlighted negative effects on children from prime-age adult deaths in the household. Some authors have however pointed out that the effects are small, possibly as a result of well-functioning coping mechanisms prevailing in the region. Furthermore, previous literature has not focused on the role of household living and budgetary arrangements. In this article, we investigate the links between deaths in the household and subsequent economic outcomes of children. Exploiting an unusually rich dataset from Senegal that permits us to precisely identify the main caregiver of a given child in the household, we test whether impacts on children differ according to their relationship with the deceased. We find robust evidence that this is the case: deaths in the household are not associated with diminished school presence for those children who are not under the direct responsibility of the deceased. They however have a strong significantnegative effect for those children who are. On the basis of our results, which include effects on child labor, we argue that in large and complex households, intra-household inequality in access to resources are an essential part of the story that may well lead to a heterogeneous absorption of shocks among family members. As such, there may be important limits to African informal safety nets.
Subjects / Keywords
Intra-household resource allocation; Child outcomes; Impact of adult deaths; Polygamous households; Senegal; Sub-Saharan Africa
JEL
O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
D10 - General

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