JEL code: D13

Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation

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
Emergent large traders in smallholder grain markets and their role in enhancing adoptio...
Pervasive threats of climate change and land degradation have compo...
Thomas S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Martine Visser, Chalmers Mulwa
Working Paper
Migration, Income Pooling and Food Deprivation in Zimbabwe
Income pooling in the context of geographically stretched household...
Gift Dafuleya
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
Gender and Birth Order Effects on Intra-Household Schooling Choices and Educational Att...
Many schooling decisions take place within the family. For instance...
Fredrick M. Wamalwa, Justine Burns
Policy Brief
Family-type Public Goods and Intra-Household Decision-Making by Co-Resident South Afric...
Intra-household decision-making is a fundamental development issue,...
Frederik Booysen, Sevias Guvuriro
Policy Brief
Small-scale farming and food security: the enabling role of cash transfers in South Afr...
Cash transfers successfully alleviate poverty in many developing co...
Louw Pienaar, Dieter von Fintel
Working Paper
Birth Order Effects on Educational Attainment and Child Labour: Evidence from Lesotho
This paper examines the e ffect of birth order on educational attai...
Ramaele Moshoeshoe
Working Paper
Assessing the Causal Impact of Tobacco Expenditure on Household Spending Patterns in Za...
This paper adds to the literature on the crowding out effect of tob...
Grieve Chelwa
Working Paper
The Economic Approach to Fertility: A Causal Mediation Analysis
This study develops an economic fertility model which explicitly in...
Working Paper
The Economic Approach to Fertility: A Causal Mediation Analysis
This study develops an economic fertility model which explicitly in...
Steven F. Koch, Gauthier Tshiswaka-Kashalala
Working Paper
Demand for cooking fuels in a developing country. To what extent do taste and preferenc...
Overreliance on biomass energy, such as firewood and charcoal, for ...
Isaac Dasmani, Peter B. Aglobitse, Wisdom Akpalu
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
Dynamic Health Care Decisions and Child Health in South Africa
A large number of child deaths in developing countries could be ave...
Steven F. Koch
Working Paper