The Long-Term Impacts of Orphanhood on Education Attainment and Land Inheritance among Adults in Rural Kenya

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The Long-Term Impacts of Orphanhood on Education Attainment and Land Inheritance among Adults in Rural Kenya

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Yamano, Takashi

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Takashi Yamano

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The long-term economic impacts of the AIDS epidemic on orphans have been major concerns in countries hit by the epidemic. Responding to these concerns, previous studies have investigated the schooling of orphans. Yet, few studies have investigated the impacts of orphan status into adulthood. Therefore, this paper examines the education attainment and land inheritance of former orphans, who have lost at least one parent before reaching 15, by using a survey of 889 households in Kenya in 2004. In the survey, we have asked the ages of household members when they lost their parents, if they have suffered such a loss, and identified former orphans. Among individuals who started schooling before the Free Education Program introduced in 1974, we find about a one year lower educational attainment among former maternal orphans compared with former non-orphans. We do not find a similar difference in education attainment among the younger cohorts, who started schooling after 1974. Even the Cost-Sharing Scheme introduced in 1988 does not seem to lower the educational attainment of former orphans. On inherited land, we find no significant difference between households headed by former orphans and non-orphans.

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Paper provided by International Association of Agricultural Economists in its series 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia with number 25263.

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- Takashi Yamano, 2007. "The long-term impacts of orphanhood on education attainment and land inheritance among adults in rural Kenya," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 37(2-3), pages 141-149, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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Jayne, T.S. & Yamano, T. & Weber, M. & Tschirley, D. & Benfica, R. & Neven, D. & Chapoto, A. & Zulu, B., 2002. "Smallholder Income And Land Distribution In Africa: Implications For Poverty Reduction Strategies," 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA 19692, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
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- T. S. Jayne & Takashi Yamano & Michael Weber & David Tschirley & Rui Benfica & David Neven & Anthony Chapoto & Ballard Zulu, 2001. "Smallholder Income and Land Distribution in Africa: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies," International Development Papers 24, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
- T. S. Jayne & Michael T. Weber & David Tschirley & Rui Benfica & Antony Chapoto & Ballard Zulu & David Neven, 2002. "Smallholder Income and Land Distribution in Africa: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies," International Development Policy Syntheses 59, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
- Jayne, T.S. & Yamano, Takashi & Weber, Michael T. & Tschirley, David & Benfica, Rui & Chapoto, Antony & Zulu, Ballard & Neven, David, 2002. "Smallholder Income And Land Distribution In Africa: Implications For Poverty Reduction Strategies," Food Security III Papers 11295, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
- Jayne, T. S. & Yamano, Takashi & Weber, Michael T. & Tschirley, David & Benfica, Rui & Chapoto, Antony & Zulu, Ballard, 2003. "Smallholder income and land distribution in Africa: implications for poverty reduction strategies," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 253-275, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Martha Ainsworth & Kathleen Beegle & Godlike Koda, 2005. "The Impact of Adult Mortality and Parental Deaths on Primary Schooling in North-Western Tanzania," The Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 41(3), pages 412-439, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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Kathleen Beegle & Joachim De Weerdt & Stefan Dercon, 2006. "Orphanhood and the Long-Run Impact on Children," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 88(5), pages 1266-1272, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Yamano, Takashi & Shimamura, Yasuharu & Sserunkuuma, Dick, 2006. "Living Arrangements and Schooling of Orphaned Children and Adolescents in Uganda," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 54(4), pages 833-56, July.
Takashi Yamano & T.S. Jayne, 2002. "Measuring the Impacts of Prime-age Adult Death on Rural Households in Kenya," International Development Collaborative Working Papers KE-TEGEMEO-WP-05, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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- Yamano, Takashi & Jayne, T.S., 2002. "Measuring The Impacts Of Prime-Age Adult Death On Rural Households In Kenya," Staff Papers 11632, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
- Yamano, Takashi & Jayne, Thomas & McNeil, Melody, 2003. "Measuring The Impacts Of Prime-Age Adult Death On Rural Households In Kenya," 2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa 25802, International Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
Takashi Yamano & T.S. Jayne, 2004. "Working-Age Adult Mortality and Primary School Attendance in Rural Kenya," International Development Collaborative Working Papers KE-TEGEMEO-WP-11, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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- Takashi Yamano & T.S. Jayne, 2004. "Working-age Adult Mortality and Primary School Attendance in Rural Kenya," International Development Collaborative Policy Briefs KE-TEGEMEO-PB-05, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
- Takashi Yamano & Thomas S. Jayne, 2005. "Working-age Adult Mortality and Primary Sschool Attendance in Rural Kenya," Development and Comp Systems 0502017, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
- Yamano, Takashi & Jayne, T S, 2005. "Working-Age Adult Mortality and Primary School Attendance in Rural Kenya," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 53(3), pages 619-53, April.

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