The long-term impacts of orphanhood on education attainment and land inheritance among adults in rural Kenya

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 141-149

  Yamano, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Kenya; Land Inheritance; Orphans; Schooling

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; ORPHAN; RURAL AREA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36849038405     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00260.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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