children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …

"Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of … surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …

mortality on children's anthropometrics. The nutritional status of the child population was simulated under the counterfactual … mortality risk is higher among malnourished children, selective mortality has only a minor impact on the measured nutritional … scenario that all children who died in the first three years of life were alive at the time of measurement. The simulations …

Adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS and other diseases is posited to affect children through a number of pathways. On top … of health and education outcomes, adult mortality can have significant effects on children by influencing demographic … outcomes including the timing of marriage. The authors examine marriage outcomes for a sample of children interviewed in …