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Working Papers

2017

1. Does the Equivalence Scale Matter? Equivalence and Out-of-Pocket Payments
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2017)
2. Exploring Child Poverty and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Multidimensional Perspective
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (1)
3. Gender Differentials in Health: A Differences-in-Decompositions Estimate
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
4. Social Determinants of Health Inequalities in South Africa: A Decomposition Analysis
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

2016

5. South African Trends in Health Outcomes and Health-Related Behaviour: Evidence from Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2015

6. A New International Database on Financial Fragility
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester View citations (5)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2015) View citations (5)
   Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2015) View citations (5)
7. Contraceptive Use and Birth Intervals
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2015)
8. The Demand for Reproductive Health Care
   Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
   Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2015)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of African Economies (2018)

2014

9. Assessing Regional Variations in the Effect of the Removal of User Fees on Institutional Deliveries in Rural Zambia
   Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2014) View citations (1)
10. House Values and Proximity to a Landfill: A Quantile Regression Framework
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Economics (2014)
11. The Economic Approach to Fertility: A Causal Mediation Analysis
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2014)
12. User Fee Abolition in South Africa in 1994 and 1996: Differences-in-Differences
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
13. Using a Natural Experiment to Examine Tobacco Tax Regressivity
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2014)

2013

14. Do the Poor Benefit from Devolution Policies? Evidences from Quantile Treatment Effect Evaluation of Joint Forest Management
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2013)
15. Health Care Facility Choice and User Fee Abolition: Regression Discontinuity in a Multinomial Choice Setting
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
    Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University (2013) View citations (1)
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (2016)
16. The 1996 User Fee Abolition in South Africa: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
17. User Fee Abolition in South Africa: Re-Evaluating the Impact?
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

2012

18. Contingent Valuation of Community Forestry Programs in Ethiopia: Observing Preference Anomalies in Double-Bounded CVM
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2011) View citations (6)
19. Coping with Fuelwood Scarcity: Household Responses in Rural Ethiopia
    Discussion Papers, Resources For the Future View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2011)
20. The Abolition of User Fees and the Demand for Health Care: Re-Evaluating the Impact
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2012) View citations (4)
21. The Consistency of Merger Decisions in a Developing Country: The South African Competition Commission
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2011)
22. Welfare and Common Property Rights Forestry: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)

2011

23. An Analysis of Specialist Surgeons and their Practices
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2011)
24. CLEAN FUEL SAVING TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN URBAN ETHIOPIA
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2011) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Energy Economics (2013)
25. Does One Size Fit All? Heterogeneity in the Valuation of Community Forestry Programs?
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2011)
    See also Journal Article in Ecological Economics (2012)
26. NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS DEPENDENCE, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND LOCAL LEVEL INSTITUTIONS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
27. Projecting the External Health Costs of a Coal-Fired Power Plant: The Case of Kusile
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (2)
28. Property Rights, Institutions and Source of Fuel Wood in Rural Ethiopia
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
29. The Welfare Effect of Common Property Forestry Rights:Evidence from Ethiopian Villages
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

2010

30. FRACTIONAL MULTINOMIAL RESPONSE MODELS WITH AN APPLICATION TO EXPENDITURE SHARES
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (6)
31. SEMIPARAMETRIC STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS OF SPECIALIST SURGEON CLINICS
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

2009

32. Dynamic Health Care Decisions and Child Health in South Africa
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2008)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Income Distribution (2009)
33. Equity in Private Health Insurance Coverage in South Africa: 2002-2007
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (2)
34. Inflation and the Household: Towards a Measurement of the Welfare Costs of Inflation
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (2)
35. WP0902 Inflation and the HouseholdTowards a Measurement of the Welfare Costs of Inflation
    Working Papers, South African Reserve Bank

2008

36. Child Mortality in Eastern and Southern Africa
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (6)
37. Health Insurance or Food for the Family? An Examination into Unintended Consequences
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
38. RETURNS TO SCHOOLING: SKILLS ACCUMULATION OR INFORMATION REVELATION?
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa (2008) View citations (2)
39. Tobacco Substitution and the Poor
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2007

40. Hurdle Models of Alcohol and Tobacco Expenditure in South African Households
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (4)

2006

41. South African Household Expenditure Patterns: Alcohol Products in 1995 and 2000
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
42. Trends in South African Household Alcohol Consumption Risk Factors
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

2005

43. DEA Applied to a Gauteng Sample of South African Public Hospitals
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (1)
44. Love and Addiction: The Importance of Commitment
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics
45. Technical Barriers to Trade Faced by South African SMME'S
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (1)
46. The Aid and Maid System: South African Data Pitfalls
    Working Papers, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics View citations (1)
47. The Aid and Maid System: South African Household Data Pitfalls
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2019

1. The effect of tobacco expenditure on expenditure shares in South African households: A genetic matching approach
   PLOS ONE, 2019, 14, (9), 1-16 View citations (1)

2018

2. Determinants of household electricity consumption in South Africa
   Energy Economics, 2018, 75, (C), 120-133 View citations (6)
3. Quasi-experimental evidence on tobacco tax regressivity
   Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 196, (C), 19-28 View citations (1)
4. The Demand for Reproductive Health Care
   Journal of African Economies, 2018, 27, (4), 405-429 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2017

5. Contraceptive Use and Time to First Birth
   JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2017, 83, (2), 149-175
   See also Software Item
6. South African trends in medical aid coverage and stated healthcare-seeking preferences: 2004–14
   Development Southern Africa, 2017, 34, (5), 575-592 View citations (1)
7. User Fee Abolition and the Demand for Public Health Care
   South African Journal of Economics, 2017, 85, (2), 242-258

2016

8. Decentralization, market integration and efficiency-equity trade-offs: Evidence from Joint Forest Management in Ethiopian villages
   Journal of Forest Economics, 2016, 22, (C), 1-23 View citations (3)
9. Healthcare facility choice and user fee abolition: regression discontinuity in a multinomial choice setting
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2016, 179, (4), 927-950 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2015

10. Contingent valuation of community forestry programs in Ethiopia: Controlling for preference anomalies in double-bounded CVM
    Ecological Economics, 2015, 114, (C), 79-89 View citations (9)
11. Did primary healthcare user fee abolition matter? Reconsidering South Africa's experience
    Development Southern Africa, 2015, 32, (2), 170-192 View citations (3)
12. On the performance of fractional multinomial response models for estimating Engel Curves
    Agrekon, 2015, 54, (1), 28-52 View citations (2)

2014

13. The Impact of Common Property Right Forestry: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages
    World Development, 2014, 64, (C), 395-406 View citations (10)

2013

14. Clean fuel-saving technology adoption in urban Ethiopia
    Energy Economics, 2013, 36, (C), 605-613 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
15. Property rights, institutions and choice of fuelwood source in rural Ethiopia
    Forest Policy and Economics, 2013, 30, (C), 30-38 View citations (3)
16. The Consistency of Merger Decisions at the South African Competition Commission
    South African Journal of Economics, 2013, 81, (4), 561-580

2012

17. Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in the valuation of community forestry programs
    Ecological Economics, 2012, 74, (C), 85-94 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
18. STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS OF SPECIALIST SURGEON CLINICS
    South African Journal of Economics, 2012, 80, (1), 1-15 View citations (2)

2010

19. Book review
    Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2010, 2, (4), 574-576
20. On health insurance and household decisions: A treatment effect analysis
    Social Science & Medicine, 2010, 70, (2), 175-182 View citations (10)

2009

21. Dynamic Health Care Decisions and Child Health in South Africa
    Journal of Income Distribution, 2009, 18, (3-4), 188-205
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2008

22. HURDLE MODELS OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO EXPENDITURE IN SOUTH AFRICAN HOUSEHOLDS1
    South African Journal of Economics, 2008, 76, (1), 132-143 View citations (12)

2007

23. DEA APPLIED TO A GAUTENG SAMPLE OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS1
    South African Journal of Economics, 2007, 75, (2), 351-368 View citations (1)

2005

24. ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE STRUCTURE OF TAXES IN SOUTH AFRICA: 1960–2002*
    South African Journal of Economics, 2005, 73, (2), 190-210 View citations (14)
25. The Effect of Youth Alcohol Initiation on High School Completion
    Economic Inquiry, 2005, 43, (4), 750-765 View citations (15)

2001

26. A SIBLINGS ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ONSET ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2001, 19, (2), 162-174 View citations (19)
27. Deterrence and knowledge of the law: The case of drunk driving
    Applied Economics, 2001, 33, (7), 845-854 View citations (5)

Software Items

Undated

1. Codes and data files for “Contraceptive Use and Time to First Birth ”
   JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics - Data and Codes, Cambridge University Press
   See also Journal Article in JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics (2017)