The Impact of Parental Death on School Outcomes: Longitudinal Evidence from South Africa* Anne Case and Cally Ardington

The impact of parental death on school enrollment and achievement: Longitudinal evidence from South Africa

The impact of parental death on school outcomes: longitudinal evidence from South Africa.

We analyze longitudinal data from a demographic surveillance area (DSA) in KwaZulu-Natal to examine the impact of parental death on children's outcomes. The results show significant differences in the impact of mothers' and fathers' deaths. The loss of a child's mother is a strong predictor of poor schooling outcomes. Maternal orphans are significantly less likely to be enrolled in school and h...

Labour supply responses to large social transfers : Longitudinal evidence from South Africa

Nber Working Paper Series Labor Supply Responses to Large Social Transfers: Longitudinal Evidence from South Africa

The South African old-age social pension has been much studied by both researchers and policy makers, in part for the larger lessons that might be learned about behavioral responses to cash transfers in developing countries. In this paper, we quantify the labor supply responses of prime-aged individuals to changes in the presence of old-age pensioners in their households, using longitudinal dat...

Social protection and labor market outcomes in South Africa: Employment and Youth Transitions to the Marketplace

South Africa has put in place an extensive system of social grants over the post-apartheid years. It is well known that these grants have important direct impacts on poverty alleviation. However, not much is known about the interactions between these social grants and successful integration of individuals into the labor market. On the basis of little evidence, there is loud speculation in polic...