Yamano, Takashi; Jayne, Thomas S.; McNeil, Melody Rebekah - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2003
Using a two-year panel of 1,422 Kenyan households surveyed in 1997 and 2000, we measure how working-age adult mortality affects rural households= size and composition, crop production, asset levels, and off-farm income. First, the paper uses adult mortality rates from available data on an...