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Family Networks and Orphan Caretaking in Tanzania

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Christopher Ksoll

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This paper studies the effects of orphanhood on health and education outcomes of children in Tanzania. Using an original dataset on members of the extended family networks of orphaned children, I assess by how much the effects of orphanhood are reduced due to a systematic placement of the orphans within the family network. I find that orphanhood has significant negative impacts on female orphans` welfare in terms of health and education, not however for male orphans. I then provide evidence that the selection of caretakers reduces the negative impact of orphanhood on years of education by one year relative to caretaking by the average family within the family network.

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Paper provided by University of Oxford, Department of Economics in its series Economics Series Working Papers with number 361.

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Keywords: Orphans; Extended Family; Caregiving; Tanzania;

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O15 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty
J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure

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