I14 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: I14

Health and Inequality

Impact of technological progress on carbon emissions in different country income groups

This study examines the complex relationship between carbon emissio...

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Chris B. Milindi

Working Paper

Health inequality and the 1918 Influenza in South Africa

The 1918 influenza – the Spanish ﬂu – killed an estimated 6% of Sou...

Jonathan Jayes, Johan Fourie

Working Paper

‘Quantitative Easing' and central bank asset purchases in South Africa: A DSGE approach

This paper develops a small open-economy (SOE) dynamic stochastic g...

Cobus Vermeulen

Impact of Social Transfers on Depressive Symptoms: Evidence from the South African Old ...

We study the effect of income receipt in form of Old age pension (...

Joseph Ajefu, Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

Alex van den Heever on South Africa’s public healthcare response to the COVID-19 pandem...

In this podcast Prof. Alex van den Heever, the Chair of Social Secu...

Margaux Giannaros, Alex van der Heever

Podcast

Prof. Johanne Fedderke on the differential impact of the Coronavirus as of end of March...

Professor Johannes W. Fedderke, the Director of ERSA speaks to our ...

Margaux Giannaros, Johannes W. Fedderke

Podcast

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

Obesity Based Labour Market Discrimination in South Africa: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

There is increasing concern regarding obesity related healthcare co...

Junita Henry, Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

Working Paper

Does the Equivalence Scale Matter? Equivalence and Out-of-Pocket Payments

We evaluate the effects of different equivalence scale parameter es...

Steven F. Koch

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

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