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The raw data from five rounds, collected between 1991-2004, are now publicly available. This page intends to keep track of on-going and completed work using the KHDS data set. Papers based on the short-run KHDS-1 panel are listed below. In cases where copyright laws do not allow us to post published papers, please refer to the journal or e-mail the corresponding author.
Completed Research Papers Using the Long-term Panel (1991-2004)
Opuni, M., Peterman, A. and Bishai, D. 2010 "Inequality in prime-age adult deaths in a high AIDS mortality setting:
Does the measure of economic status matter?" fortchoming in Health Economics.
Peterman, Amber. 2010. "Women's property rights and gendered policies: Implications for women’s long-term welfare in rural Tanzania”, forthcoming Journal of Development Studies,
De Weerdt, J. 2010. "Moving out of Poverty in Tanzania: Evidence from Kagera", forthcoming Journal of Development Studies
Adhvaryu, A. and Beegle, K. 2009. The Long-run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5037.
Troerup, S. and Mertz, O. 2009. Linking climate trends to coping strategies in northern Tanzania. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 6. doi:10.1088/1755-1307/6/1/412005
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Berger, S. 2008. Understanding Disease Progression in the Kagera Region of Tanzania: A framework for efficien health care delivery. Thesis for Master of Public Policy at Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Baez, J. 2007. Do Local Children Suffer from Foreign Refugees Inflows? Evidence from Host Communities in Northwestern Tanzania. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=975001
Beegle, K., De Weerdt, J. and Dercon, S. 2009. "Moving Away from Home and Away from Poverty"
Contribution to Dilip Ratha's " People Move" Blog
Beegle, K., De Weerdt, J. and Dercon, S. 2008. "Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania: Evidence from a Tracking Survey". Policy Research Working Paper, WPS 4798, World Bank, Washington DC.
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Beegle, K., De Weerdt, J. and Dercon, S. 2008. "The Intergenerational Impact of the African Orphans Crisis: A Cohort Study from an HIV/AIDS Affected Area". , Forthcoming: International Journal of Epidemiology (doi:10.1093/ije/dyn197)
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Julie Litchfield & Thomas McGregor, 2008. "Poverty in Kagera, Tanzania: Characteristics, Causes and Constraints," PRUS Working Papers 42, Poverty Research Unit at Sussex, University of Sussex
Lilleor, H. 2008. "Human Capital Diversification within the Household. Findings from Tanzania ", mimeo (PhD Chapter), University of Copenhagen
Beegle, Kathleen; Rajeev Dehejia; Roberta Gatti and Sofya Krutikova. 2008. The Consequences of Child Labor: Evidence from Longitdunial Data Rural Tanzania. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4677
Alderman, H., Hoogeveen, J. and Rossi, M. (2008). “Preschool Nutrition and Subsequent Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from Tanzania” forthcoming in Economic Development and Cultural Change
Beegle, K., De Weerdt, J. and Dercon, S. (2007) "Adult Mortality and Economic Growth in the Age of HIV/AIDS", Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 56, No. 2: 299-326
Beegle, K., De Weerdt, J. and Dercon, S. 2008. "Orphanhood and Human Capital Destruction: Is there Persistence into Adulthood?" forthcoming: Demography
Baez, Javier E. 2007. "Civil Wars Beyond their Borders: The Human Capital and Health Consequences of Hosting Refugees.” IZA Discussion Paper 3468.
Ksoll, C. 2007. "Family Networks and Orphan Caretaking in Tanzania", Department of Economics Series No. 361, Oxford University.
Beegle, K., Krutikov, S. (2007)"Adult Mortality and Children's Transition into Marriage", World Bank Policy Research Report No. 4139, Washington, DC.
Beegle, K., De Weerdt, J. and Dercon, S. (2006). "Orphanhood and the Long-term Impact on Children", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 88, No. 5, pp. 1266-1277
Dercon, Stefan. 2007. “Fate and Fear: Risk and its Consequences in Africa.” Global Poverty Research Group. Working Paper No. 074 (forthcoming in Journal of African Economies)
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Udry, Christopher and Hyungi Woo. 2007. “Households and the Social Organization of Consumption in Southern Ghana.” African Studies Review. 50(2): 139-53.
Roberts, Peter, KC Shyam, and Cordula Rastogi (2006), “Rural Access Index: A Key Development Indicator,” Transport Papers No 10, Transport Sector Board, World Bank, Washington DC.
Work in Progress (contact authors directly for latest versions)
Ikegami, M. 2009. Agricultural Productivity and Mortality: Evidence from Kagera, Tanzania, mimeo, ILRI Nairobi.
Ikegami, M. 2008. Household Investment, Heterogeneous Productivity, and Poverty Dynamics: Theory and Evidence from kagera Tanzania. mimeo, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Corno, Lucia. 2008. "Switching (or not) Health Seeking Behavior: Evidence from Rural Tanzania" , Bocconi University.
Rosati, Furio and Mariacristina Rossi (2008) "Liquidity Constraints, Uncertain Parental Income and Human Capital Accumulation", mimeo, University of Rome.
Bengtsson, N. (2008) "Who benefits from faith-based foreign aid?", Working Paper, Uppsala University.
Anselmi (2007) "Social Learning in Health Behaviour: The Case of Mosquito Bed Nets in Tanzania", A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Economics, Oxford University.
Bengtsson, N. (2006) "Using Rainfall to Estimate the Effect of Body Weight to Transitory Changes in Household Expenditure", mimeo, Uppsala University.
Krutikov, S. (2006) "Impact of Child Labour on Educational Attainment in Adulthood: Evidence from Rural Tanzania", mimeo, Oxford University
Peterman, Amber. 2007. “Women’s property rights and gendered policies: Implications for women’s long-term welfare in rural Tanzania.” Dissertation. University of North Carolina.
Seebens, H. (2006) "The Contribution of Female non-farm Income to Poverty Reduction". Paper prepared for the Tanzania Gender and Growth Assessment.
Simonsen, M. and Skipper, L. (2007) "Child Health in a Developing Country: Consequences for Short- and Medium Term Outcomes", mimeo, University of Arhus and Institute for Local Government Studies.
Research Papers using the short-term panel (1991-1994)
Bengtsson, N., How responsive is body weight to transitory income changes? Evidence from rural Tanzania, Journal of Development Economics (2009), doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.01.002
Peterman, A. (2009) "Contraceptive use and women’s well-being: Spillover effects of family planning services in rural Tanzania." Doctoral
Dissertation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Lassen, D. and Lilleor, H. (2008) "Informal Institutions and Intergenerational Contracts: Evidence from Schooling and Remittances in Rural Tanzania", mimeo, University of Copenhagen
Beegle, K., R. Dehejia and R. Gatti. 2006. Child Labor and Agricultural Shocks. Journal of Development Economics 81(1): 80-96.
Alderman H., H. Hoogeveen and M. Rossi (2006). Reducing Child Malnutrition in Tanzania: Combined Effects of Income Growth and Program Interventions. Economics and Human Biology 4: 1-23
Beegle, K.. 2005. Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 53:3.
Ainsworth, M., K. Beegle, and G. Koda. 2005. The impact of adult mortality and parental deaths on primary schooling in Northwestern Tanzania. Journal of Development Studies, Vol.41, No.3, April 2005, pp.412 – 439.
Papa Seck, 2005. Do Parents Favor their Biological Offspring over Adopted Orphans? Theory and Evidence from Tanzania. Hunter College Department of Economics Working Papers 409, Hunter College Department of Economics.
Alderman, H., Hoogeveen, H. and Rossi, C., 2005, "Reducing child malnutrition in Tanzania - combined effects of income growth and program interventions", Policy Research Working Paper, WPS 3567, World Bank.
Burke, K. and K. Beegle. 2004. Why children aren't attending school: The case of Northwestern Tanzania. Journal of African Economies, Vol. 13, No. 2
Lundberg, M., M. Over. and P. Mujinja. Do Savings Predict Death? Precautionary Savings During an Epidemic, manuscript prepared for UNAIDS, Geneva.
Beegle, K. 2003. Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3062, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank
Beegle, K,. R. Dehejia, R. Gatti. 2003. Do Households Resort to Child Labor to Cope with Income Shocks? World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3075, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
Dayton, J. and M. Ainsworth. 2002. The elderly and AIDS: Coping strategies and health consequences in rural Tanzania. Social Science and Medicine 59: 2161-2172 (also Population Council Working Paper, no. 160, New York)
Ainsworth, M. and J. Dayton. 2003. The impact of the AIDS epidemic on the health of the elderly in Tanzania. World Development 31(1): 131-148. Also World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, no. 2649.
Lundberg, M., M. Over, and P. Mujinja. 2000. Sources of Financial Assistance for Households Suffering an Adult Death in Kagera, Tanzania. South African Journal of Economics, 68:5:947-984. Also World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2508.
Ainsworth, M. and I. Semali. 2000. "The impact of adult deaths on child health in Northwestern Tanzania". World Bank Policy Research Working Paper no. 2266. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, New York City, March 1999, and the 2001 International Health Economics Association meetings in York, UK, July 2001.
Ainsworth , M.and M. Over. 1997. Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic. A World Bank Policy Research Report. Washington, D.C.: Oxford University Press. 355 pages. Revised edition, 1999.
Ainsworth, M., G. Koda, G. Lwihula, P. Mujinja, M. Over and I. Semali. 1992. Measuring the Economic Impact of Fatal Adult Illness in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Annotated Household Questionnaire. Living Standards Measurement Study Working Paper, no. 90. Washington, D.C. The World Bank.
Semali, I. and M. Ainsworth. 1995. "A profile of traditional healers in an area hard-hit by the AIDS epidemic: Kagera Region, Tanzania". University of Dar es Salaam and The World Bank. August 17.
Sahn, David E. and Stephen D. Younger. 2006. “Testing the Kuznets Curve for Countries and Households Using the Body Mass Index.” Strategies and Analysis for Growth and Access. Working Paper. September 2006.
Suliman, Eldaw Abdalla. 2005. “Orphanhood, fostering, and child well-being in Tanzania.” Ph.D. dissertation, The Johns Hopkins University, United States
Ainsworth, M.and I. Semali. 1998. "Who dies from AIDS? Socioeconomic correlates of adult deaths in Kagera Region, Tanzania" in Ainsworth, Fransen and Over, eds. (1998). Confronting AIDS: Evidence from the Developing World Background Papers from the World Bank Policy Research Report, Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic. Brussels: European Commission.
Ainsworth, M., D. Filmer and I. Semali. 1998. "The impact of AIDS mortality on individual fertility: Evidence from Tanzania" in M. Montgomery and B. Cohen, eds. From Death to Birth: Mortality Decline and Reproductive Change. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Ainsworth, M., S. Ghosh and I. Semali. 1995. "The impact of adult deaths on household composition in Kagera Region, Tanzania". Preliminary results presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, California, April 1995, and at the IXth International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa, Kampala, Uganda, December 1995.
Ainsworth , M.and G. Koda. 1993. "The impact of adult deaths on school enrollments and attendance in Northwestern Tanzania". Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 1993.
Lundberg, M., M. Over. and P. Mujinja. Transfers and Household Welfare in Kagera, Tanzania. 2003. Prepared for UNAIDS. Presented to research seminar, University of East Anglia; the IAEN Economics of AIDS Symposium; the XIII International AIDS conference, Durban, South Africa, July 2000; and the International Health Economics Association Conference, July 2001, York, England
