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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w12689 |
来源ID | Working Paper 12689 |
AIDS Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocations: Children's Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya | |
Joshua S. Graff Zivin; Harsha Thirumurthy; Markus Goldstein | |
发表日期 | 2006-11-15 |
出版年 | 2006 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | The provision of life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment has emerged as a key component of the global response to HIV/AIDS, but very little is known about the impact of this intervention on the welfare of children in the households of treated persons. We estimate the impact of ARV treatment on children's schooling and nutrition outcomes using longitudinal household survey data collected in collaboration with a treatment program in western Kenya. We find that children's weekly hours of school attendance increase by over 20 percent within six months after treatment is initiated for the adult household member. For boys in treatment households, these increases closely follow their reduced market labor supply. Similarly, young children's short-term nutritional status--as measured by their weight-for-height Z-score--also improves dramatically. We argue that these treatment effects will be considerably larger when compared to the counterfactual scenario of no ARV treatment. The results provide evidence on how intrahousehold resource allocation is altered in response to significant health improvements. Since the improvements in children's schooling and nutrition at these critical early ages will affect their socio-economic outcomes in adulthood, the widespread provision of ARV treatment is likely to generate significant long-run macroeconomic benefits. |
主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Education ; Development and Growth ; Development |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w12689 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/570352 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Joshua S. Graff Zivin,Harsha Thirumurthy,Markus Goldstein. AIDS Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocations: Children's Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya. 2006. |
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