I1 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: I1

Estimating a New Keynesian Wage Phillips Curve

This paper estimates a New Keynesian Wage Phillips Curve for South ...

Nicola Viegi, Vincent Dadam

Working Paper

Social distancing in macroeconomic models

The paper introduces voluntary social distancing to the canonical e...

Yoseph Y. Getachew

Working Paper

Efficiency of provincial public healthcare in South Africa

Background Forty-nine million people or 83 per cent of the entire p...

Goodness C. Aye, Victor Ngobeni, Marthinus C. Breitenbach

Working Paper

Parental bargaining and rural-urban child health differential in Tanzania

This paper extends the empirical analysis of child health by simult...

Justine Burns, Alfred K. Mukong

Policy Brief

Lifestyle and Income-related Inequality in Health in South Africa

Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors may explain the income-rel...

Hana Ross, Corné van Walbeek, Alfred K. Mukong

Working Paper

Demand-side determinants of access to healthcare services: Empirical evidence from Africa

Better health status is influenced by access to health care, among ...

Wa Ntita Serge Kabongo, Josue Mbonigaba

Policy Brief

Has South Africa’s Investment in Public Health Care Improved Health Outcomes?

South Africa’s total expenditure on health equates to almost 9% of ...

Jugal Mahabir, Talita Dalton-Greyling, Lucas Bidzha

Policy Brief

The Demand for Reproductive Health Care

This research formalizes the interactions between the various deter...

Steven F. Koch, Gauthier Tshiswaka-Kashalala

Working Paper

User Fee Abolition in South Africa: 1994 and 1996

In addition to birthing a new Democracy, 1994 was the beginning of ...

Steven F. Koch

Policy Brief

Panel: Health financing and regulatory reforms

On 6 February 2014 ERSA hosted a symposium in Stellenbosch on Criti...

Anja Smith

Policy Brief

Economic aspects of universal health coverage

This brief sums up the findings of his presentation, focusing on th...

Peter C. Smith

Policy Brief

Lessons on governance for the move towards universal health coverage in South Africa

Goudge’s presentation emphasised that appropriate governance mechan...

Anja Smith

Policy Brief

Health insurance or food for the family? An examination into unintended consequences

Policy Paper 15 In developing countries, where health insurance is ...

Steven F. Koch, Olufunke Alaba

Policy Paper