Gender， Labor
Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from South Africa
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26 Jan, 2012 11:36
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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/fcndp208.pdf
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Futoshi Yamauchi, Thabani Buthelezi, Myriam Velia. 2006. "Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from South Africa." Food Consumption and Nutrition Division FCND Discussion Paper 208, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
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This paper examines the impact of prime-age adult mortality on the transition from school to the labor market of adolescents and on decisions by female adults to participate in the labor force in South Africa. The analysis focuses on that period-1998-2004-when South Africa experienced excess mortality due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We find, first, that deaths of prime-age adults significantly increase both male and female adolescents’ labor force participation because they stop their schooling in order to help support their families.