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Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality

evidence from South Africa
by Futoshi Yamauchi,
Thabani Buthelezi and
Myriam Velia
Open Access

This paper assesses the impact of prime-age mortality on human capital formation and labor markets by examining, first, the impact on adolescents, who may leave school in order to enter the labor market, and second, the impact on adult females who, upon the loss of a breadwinner, may decide to seek a job outside of the home." -- Authors' Abstract