I12 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: I12

Health Production

The long-term effects of early-life exposure to weather shocks: Evidence from Tanzania

We examine whether early-life exposure to rainfall shocks has a lon...

Ermias G. Weldesenbet

Working Paper

Climate change and child health: A Nigerian perspective

The detrimental effect of climate change on health is becoming an e...

Matthew W. Clance, Eleni Yitbarek, Eduard van der Merwe

Working Paper

Policy Bulletin 02: Reflections on Aspects of Public Finance and Fiscal Policy in South...

After the COVID-19 crisis is over, South Africa will face a fiscal ...

Estian Calitz

Policy Bulletin

The Demand for Cigarettes: New Evidence from South Africa

This paper provides an extensive analysis of the demand for cigaret...

Alfred K. Mukong, Ernest N. Tingum

Working Paper

The Role of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption on Income-related Inequality in Health in S...

In many developing countries, there is wide inequality in the distr...

Hana Ross, Corné van Walbeek, Alfred K. Mukong

Policy Brief

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

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

Peer Networks and Tobacco Consumption in South Africa

This paper deepens the empirical analysis of peer networks by consi...

Alfred K. Mukong

Policy Brief

The Relative (in)Efficiency of South African Municipalities in Providing Public Health ...

Previous studies in South Africa have not dis-aggregated efficiency...

Saidou B. Oumar, Josue Mbonigaba

Working Paper

Southern African Customs Union Revenue, Public Expenditures and HIV/AIDS in BLNS Countries

This study sets out to investigate how revenue from the Southern Af...

Harold P. E. Ngawala

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

DEA Applied to a Gauteng Sample of South African Public Hospitals

The ability of the South African government to provide antiretrovir...

Steven F. Koch, Jacques K. Ngoie

Working Paper