Orphanhood and the living arrangements of children in sub-saharan Africa
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- Beegle, Kathleen & Filmer, Deon & Stokes, Andrew & Tiererova, Lucia, 2010. "Orphanhood and the Living Arrangements of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 38(12), pages 1727-1746, December.
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Keywords
Street Children; HIV AIDS; Youth and Governance; Primary Education; Population Policies;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2009-04-13 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2009-04-13 (Development)
- NEP-LAB-2009-04-13 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-NET-2009-04-13 (Network Economics)
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