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Ecosystems and Human Health : The Local Benefits of Forest Cover in Indonesia

Garg, Teevrat - 2019

This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is consistent with an ecological response. I show that land use change, anti-malarial programs or migration cannot explain the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased malarial...

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In Search of China's Income-Health Gradient : A Biomarker-Based Analysis

Nie, Peng - 2019

Using data from the 2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey, this study investigates China's income-health gradient by … income-health gradient irrespective of whether the income measure is current or long term. Because risky behavior may … attenuate income's positive effects on health, we also analyze the association between income and such health …

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Revisiting the Income-Health Nexus : The Importance of Choosing the 'Right' Indicator

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2010

We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health … inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration … indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more pronounced when using subjective health measures than when using …

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Giving Up Job Search During a Recession : The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the South African Labour Market

Verick, Sher - 2011

The global financial crisis deeply impacted the South African labour market resulting in the shedding of almost 1 million jobs over 2009 and 2010. Reflecting longer term structural problems, this employment loss translated into a much larger rise in the number of discouraged individuals rather...

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Foreign Direct Investment, Black Economic Empowerment and Labour Productivity in South Africa

Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh - 2011

The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestically owned firms in developing countries has been widely debated in the literature. It has been argued that FDI provides access to advanced technologies and other intangible assets which may spill over to the host country and allow...

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Xenophobic Attacks, Migration Intentions and Networks : Evidence from the South of Africa

Friebel, Guido - 2011

We investigate how emigration flows from a developing region are affected by xenophobic violence at destination. Our empirical analysis is based on a unique survey among more than 1000 households, collected in Mozambique in summer 2008, a few months after a series of xenophobic attacks in South...

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Effect of Perceptions and Behaviour on Access to and Use of Financial Service : Evidence from South Africa

Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2012

This study investigates the effect of financial perception and behaviour on; (a) general accounts and services, (b) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered probit, generalized ordered probit and pseudo panel...

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Safety Valve or Sinkhole? Vocational Schooling in South Africa

Pugatch, Todd - 2012

As an alternative to traditional academic schooling, vocational schooling in South Africa may serve as a safety valve for students encountering difficulty in the transition from school to work. Yet if ineffective, vocational schooling could also be a sinkhole, offering little chance for success...

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Coping with Intra-Household Job Separation in South Africa's Labor Market

McLaren, Zoe - 2012

In the context of South Africa's pervasive poverty and mass unemployment, households provide an important private safety net for the unemployed. Using new South African Labour Force Survey panel data, I investigate how households cope with job separations and the resulting loss of earned income....

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The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities : Panel Data Evidence from South Africa

Kerr, Andrew - 2012

In this paper we analyse the relative importance of individual ability and labour market institutions, including public sector wage setting and trade unions, in determining earnings differences across different types of employment. To do this we use the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study data...

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