J13 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: J13

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

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

Published: 8 November 2019

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...

Published: 22 November 2016

Policy Brief

The Fertility Transition: Panel Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

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

Published: 7 July 2016

Policy Brief

Contraceptive Use and Birth Intervals

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

Published: 8 December 2015

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

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

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

Published: 23 May 2014

Working Paper

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

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

Published: 22 May 2014

Working Paper