orphans and discrimination in mozambique an outlay：莫桑比克的孤儿和歧视.pdfVIP

Orphans and Discrimination in Mozambique: An Outlay Equivalence Analysis V. NHATE C. ARDNT K. Van den BROECK Contributed paper prepared for presentation at the International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, August 12-18, 2006 Copyright 2006 by V. NHATE, C. ARDNT and K. Van den BROECK. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. Orphans and Discrimination in Mozambique: An Outlay Equivalence Analysis October 2005 Abstract: The present study employs Deaton’ s outlay equivalence approach to analyze potential discrimination in resource allocation within households against children who are not the biological descendant of the ho usehold h ead in Mozambique. High HIV prevalence in Mozambique m otivates the study . The projected 800,000 AIDS related adult deaths over the period 2004-2010 will leave significant numbers o f orphan s in their wake. Of these, many will reside in families where the hou sehold head is not their biological parent. Results po int to discrimination in the intra-househ old allocation of resources against children that are not direct biological de scendants of the household head in poor households . This discrimination is identified at the national, rural, and urban levels In non -poor hou seholds, resource allocations between biological and non -biological children do not d iffer significantly.