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Subtitle: the consequences of high priced funerals in South Africa
By: Anne Case, Alicia Menendez.
Contributors: Menendez, Alicia.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 14998; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 14998.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "We examine the costs associated with funerals and the effects of funeral spending on household functioning, using data collected in the Agincourt Demographic Surveillance Site in South Africa.  We find that large outlays of money at the time of the funeral leave households vulnerable to future hardship.  Households that buried a member report lower spending per person, poorer adult affect, and lower rates of school enrollment for children than do other households.  We present evidence consistent with the financial burden associated with a funeral having direct, adverse effects on households"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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