Sparrow, Robert; Khan, Khan, F.U.; Bedi, Arjun S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2014
in Bangladesh respond to such events. Based on longitudinal data we assess the effects of morbidity and mortality … episodes on household income, medical spending, labour supply and consumption. We find that despite maintaining household … labour supply, a serious illness exerts a negative effect on household income for the poor. However, the estimates do not …