J13 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: J13

Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

Missing boys: Explaining South Africa’s unbalanced sex ratio, 1894-2011

At the beginning of the twentieth century the sex ratio for South A...

Johan Fourie, Francisco J. Marco-Gracia

Working Paper

Birth order effects on education attainment and child labour: Evidence from Lesotho

Education (both school enrolment and achievement) is low in much of...

Ramaele Moshoeshoe

Policy Brief

The Fertility Transition: Panel Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

We investigate the effects of different socioeconomic indicators on...

Manoel Bittencourt, Carolyn Chisadza

Policy Brief

Contraceptive Use and Birth Intervals

We develop a model linking contraceptive effi ciency to birth spaci...

Steven F. Koch, Gauthier Tshiswaka-Kashalala

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

Primary Education and Fertility Rates in Southern Africa: Evidence from Before the Demo...

I investigate whether primary school completion has played any role...

Manoel Bittencourt

Working Paper

Education and Fertility: Panel Time-Series Evidence from Southern Africa

In this paper I investigate whether secondary school enrollment has...

Manoel Bittencourt

Working Paper