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Effects of Adult Health Interventions at Scale on Children's Schooling: Evidence from Antiretroviral Therapy in Zambia / Adrienne M. Lucas, Margaret Chidothe, Nicholas L. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lucas, Adrienne M.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w22767.
- NBER working paper series no. w22767
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Effects of Adult Health Interventions at Scale on Children's Schooling
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2016.
- Summary:
- In 2007, approximately one in five children in Zambia lived with an HIV positive adult. We identify the effect of adult antiretroviral therapy (ART) availability at scale on children's educational outcomes by combining data on the expansion of ART availability with two national household surveys that include HIV testing. Through a triple difference specification, we find that the availability of ART increased the likelihood that children in households with HIV positive household heads started school on time and were the appropriate grade-for-age. Two mechanisms were likely decreased incidental infections in the household and related care giving duties.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- October 2016.
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