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The Economic Consequences of Death in South Africa

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  • Cally Ardington

    (SALDRU, School of Economics, University of Cape TownAuthor-Email:)

  • Till Bärnighausen

    (Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies and Harvard School of Public Health)

  • Anne Case

    (Princeton University)

  • Alicia Menendez

    (University of Chicago)

Abstract

Using a large longitudinal dataset, we quantify the impact of adult deaths on household economic wellbeing. The timing of lower socioeconomic status observed for households in which members die of AIDS suggests that the socioeconomic gradient in AIDS mortality is being driven primarily by poor households being at higher risk for AIDS. Following a death, households that experienced an AIDS death are observed being poorer still. However, the additional socioeconomic loss following death is very similar to the loss observed from deaths from other causes. Funeral expenses can explain some of the impoverishing effects of death in the household.

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  • Cally Ardington & Till Bärnighausen & Anne Case & Alicia Menendez, 2012. "The Economic Consequences of Death in South Africa," SALDRU Working Papers 91, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
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    1. Victoria Baranov & Hans-Peter Kohler, 2018. "The Impact of AIDS Treatment on Savings and Human Capital Investment in Malawi," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 10(1), pages 266-306, January.

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