occurs? Using longitudinal data from the Kagera region in Tanzania that span thirteen years from 1991-2004, we find …-term health status as measured by body height, children who lose their same-sex parent before teenage years are hit hardest …

earnings in East Africa, using data from the Living Standards and Measurement Study (LSMS) for Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda … in earnings were found for Tanzania and Uganda but not for Malawi. The decomposition results suggest that gender … differences in educational attainment significantly explain the gender wage gap for Tanzania and Uganda. The paper recommends …

Health workforce shortages in developed countries are perceived to be central drivers of health professionals … international overview, selected economic issues are discussed for developed and developing countries. Health labour markets' unique …-)union activity. These features affect migrants' decisions, economic integration, and impacts on the receiving nations' health …

This paper investigates the effects of health on wages by controlling for a number of problems: first, the unobservable … genetic endowment may cause an omitted variable bias; second, using a self-reported health variable could induce measurement … the above issues in one framework. The results show that good health raises wages for both women and men. I find the …

health and cognitive skills of Tanzanian children. A 10 percentage point increase in stagnant water increases local diarrhea … children, measured by standardised test scores. The effects on health and cognition are exacerbated by high temperatures and …

health outcomes of children in Tanzania. Using household panel data matched with spatially disaggregated data on weather … discernible impact on child health. …

increased noise. Using pilot program data from Tanzania, I exploit variation in the location and timing of survey enumeration to …

supplementation program in Tanzania. We find that parents strongly reinforce the higher cognitive endowments of children who received …

This paper provides evidence on household responses to the relaxation of one barrier constraining adoption of health … Malawi which provides mothers with information on infant nutrition and health. It finds that the intervention results in … funded by increased father's labor supply, constituting evidence that changes in the perceived child health production …