D13 | Economic Research Southern Africa

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...

Published: 15 December 2020

Working Paper

On sensitivity of Genetic Matching to the choice of balance measure

This paper considers the sensitivity of Genetic Matching (GenMatch)...

Published: 25 November 2020

Working Paper

Does the choice of balance-measure matter under Genetic Matching?

In applied studies, the influence of balance measures on the perfor...

Published: 6 May 2020

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...

Published: 10 March 2020

Working Paper

Migration, Income Pooling and Food Deprivation in Zimbabwe

Income pooling in the context of geographically stretched household...

Published: 1 July 2019

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...

Published: 6 May 2019

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...

Published: 21 May 2018

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,...

Published: 2 March 2018

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...

Published: 10 November 2016

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...

Published: 8 July 2016

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...

Published: 19 August 2014

Working Paper

The Economic Approach to Fertility: A Causal Mediation Analysis

This study develops an economic fertility model which explicitly in...

Published: 11 July 2014

Working Paper

The Economic Approach to Fertility: A Causal Mediation Analysis

This study develops an economic fertility model which explicitly in...

Published: 11 July 2014

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 ...

Published: 25 September 2012

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...

Published: 25 September 2012

Working Paper

Dynamic Health Care Decisions and Child Health in South Africa

A large number of child deaths in developing countries could be ave...

Published: 21 September 2012

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