Belgen and the Parental Purse: The Impact of the Karamoja Famine on Intra-Household Resource Allocations
(2020) EKHS42 20201Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- Early-life health shocks can have very serious long-term consequences for those exposed to them, a fact which must be considered when parents make decisions with regards to allocating resources across their children. Here, the 1980 famine in Karamoja, Uganda is used as a natural experiment in which to test whether parental investment responses reinforce or compensate the impacts of early-life shocks. Through a novel implementation of the Latent Engel Curve Approach, evidence is uncovered that boys, those exposed at younger ages and those living in a male-headed household were all more likely to see reinforcement of the famine’s effects, whilst girls, older children and those living under a female head were more likely to see compensatory... (More)
- Early-life health shocks can have very serious long-term consequences for those exposed to them, a fact which must be considered when parents make decisions with regards to allocating resources across their children. Here, the 1980 famine in Karamoja, Uganda is used as a natural experiment in which to test whether parental investment responses reinforce or compensate the impacts of early-life shocks. Through a novel implementation of the Latent Engel Curve Approach, evidence is uncovered that boys, those exposed at younger ages and those living in a male-headed household were all more likely to see reinforcement of the famine’s effects, whilst girls, older children and those living under a female head were more likely to see compensatory effects. (Less)
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- author
- Latham, Matthew LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- EKHS42 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Human Capital, Differential Investment, Famine, Health, Uganda, Factor Analysis
- language
- English
- id
- 9020129
- date added to LUP
- 2020-07-03 12:14:44
- date last changed
- 2020-07-03 12:14:44
@misc{9020129, abstract = {{Early-life health shocks can have very serious long-term consequences for those exposed to them, a fact which must be considered when parents make decisions with regards to allocating resources across their children. Here, the 1980 famine in Karamoja, Uganda is used as a natural experiment in which to test whether parental investment responses reinforce or compensate the impacts of early-life shocks. Through a novel implementation of the Latent Engel Curve Approach, evidence is uncovered that boys, those exposed at younger ages and those living in a male-headed household were all more likely to see reinforcement of the famine’s effects, whilst girls, older children and those living under a female head were more likely to see compensatory effects.}}, author = {{Latham, Matthew}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Belgen and the Parental Purse: The Impact of the Karamoja Famine on Intra-Household Resource Allocations}}, year = {{2020}}, }