Adult mortality and consumption growth in the age of HIV/AIDS, Vol. 1 of 1

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Adult mortality and consumption growth in the age of HIV/AIDS

Author:	Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Dercon, Stefan;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4082
Country:	Tanzania;	Date Stored:	2006/12/06
Document Date:	2006/12/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	Africa
Report Number:	WPS4082	SubTopics:	Housing & Human Habitats; Poverty Lines; Inequality; Population Policies; Consumption
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The authors use a 13-year panel of individuals in Tanzania to assess how adult mortality shocks affect both short and long-run consumption growth of surviving household members. Using unique data which tracks individuals from 1991 to 2004, they examine consumption growth, controlling for a set of initial community, household and individual characteristics. The effect is identified using the sample of households in 2004 which grew out of baseline households. The authors find robust evidence that an affected household will see consumption drop 7 percent within the first five years after the adult death. With high growth in the sample over this time period, this creates a 19 percentage point growth gap with the average household. There is some evidence of persistent effects of these shocks for up to 13 years, but these effects are imprecisely estimated and not significantly different from zero. The impact of female adult death is found to be particularly severe.


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