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Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso

Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien; Kazianga, Harounan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We conducted a unique randomized experiment to estimate the impact of alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on household demand for routine preventative health services in rural Burkina Faso. The two-year pilot program randomly distributed cash transfers that were either conditional or...

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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa’s peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …

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Surviving the Turbulence Is Not Enough: Can Côte d'Ivoire Flourish Again?

Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

domestic economy, but it will also affect the international trading markets. In addition, it will affect the West Africa region …

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How Large Is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets

Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …

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Altruism, Cooperation, and Efficiency: Agricultural Production in Polygynous Households

Akresh, Richard; Chen, Joyce J.; Moore, Charity - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Africa. We find that cooperation is greater – production is more efficient – among co-wives than among husbands and wives …

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Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict

Akresh, Richard; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Thirumurthy, Harsha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This is the first paper using household survey data from two countries involved in an international war (Eritrea and Ethiopia) to measure the conflict’s impact on children's health in both nations. The identification strategy uses event data to exploit exogenous variation in the conflict's...

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A Labor Market Approach to the Crisis of Health Care Professionals in Africa

Andalón, Mabel; Fields, Gary - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a …

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African Leaders: Their Education Abroad and FDI Flows

Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Leaders are critical to a country’s success. They can influence domestic policy via specific measures that they enforce, and they can also influence international public opinion towards their country. Foreign Direct Investments are also essential for a country’s economic growth. Our...

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Braving the Waves: The Role of Time and Risk Preferences in Illegal Migration from Senegal

Arcand, Jean-Louis; Mbaye, Linguère Mously - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper aims to provide the first evidence concerning the relationship between time and risk preferences and illegal migration in an African context. Based upon our theoretical model and using a unique data set on potential migrants collected in urban Senegal, we evaluate a measure of time...

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Do the Maths: An Analysis of the Gender Gap in Mathematics in Africa

Dickerson, Andy; McIntosh, Steven; Valente, Christine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper uses microdata for 19 African countries to examine the gender difference in maths test scores amongst primary school children. There is a significant difference in maths test scores in favour of boys, similar to that previously observed in developed countries. This difference cannot...

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