C21 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: C21

Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions

Measuring energy poverty in South Africa based on household required energy consumption

Energy poverty is a major concern in most of developing countries w...

Steven F. Koch, Yuxiang Yeú

Working Paper

On sensitivity of Genetic Matching to the choice of balance measure

This paper considers the sensitivity of Genetic Matching (GenMatch)...

Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

Does the choice of balance-measure matter under Genetic Matching?

In applied studies, the influence of balance measures on the perfor...

Martin Wittenberg, Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

Who benefits from South African Child Support Grant: The role of gender and birthweight

Stunting (low height-for-age) is known to be a good proxy for a chi...

Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

"The Power of Nudging: Using Feedback, Competition and Responsibility Assignment to Sav...

We use behavioural insights to design nudges leveraging social comp...

Martine Visser, Rebecca A. Klege, Matthew Darling, Saugato Datta

Working Paper

Gender and birth order effects on intra-household schooling choices and education attai...

In this paper, we investigate the effect of two important family ch...

Justine Burns, Fredrick M. Wamalwa

Working Paper

Private schools and student learning achievements in Kenya

This papers examines the effect of private schools on literacy and ...

Fredrick M. Wamalwa, Justine Burns

Policy Brief

The impact of micro hydroelectricity on household welfare indicators

The use of small scale off-grid renewable energy for rural electrif...

Mary Karumba, Edwin Muchapondwa

Working Paper

Conflict, Economic Growth and Spillover Effects in Africa

While there is a large empirical literature on the determinants of ...

John P. Dunne, Nan Tian

Working Paper

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Risk Aversion and Gender Discrimination in Assessment

This study exploits a natural experiment to evaluate the gender bia...

Nicholas Spearman, Jason Hartford

Working Paper

Health Care Facility Choice and User Fee Abolition: Regression Discontinuity in a Multi...

We apply parametric and nonparametric regression discontinuity meth...

Steven F. Koch, Jeffrey S. Racine

Working Paper

Finding the benefits: Estimating the impact of the South African child support grant

The paper estimates the impact of the South African Child Support G...

Marisa Coetzee

Working Paper

Value, Size and Momentum Portfolios in Real Time: The Cross-Section of South African St...

We implement a recursive out-of-sample method to examine anomalies-...

Shakill Hassan, Ryans Bartens

Working Paper

Programme Evaluation Course

Prof Sebastian Galiani (Washington University, St Louis) and Analia...

Sebastian Galiani, Analia Olgiati

Workshop