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Adult Mortality, AIDS and Fertility in Rural Malawi
(2013-08)
The impact of HIV/AIDS on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa has received attention recently,
since changes in population structure can impact on future economic development. We
analyze the effect of AIDS on actual and ...
To educate a woman and to educate a man: Gender-specific sexual behaviour and HIV responses to an education reform in Botswana
(2019-05)
Education has been suggested as a ‘vaccine’ against HIV infection, but there is not much causal evidence behind this claim. Moreover, the few studies that exist on the impact of education on HIV infection and related ...
Education and HIV incidence among young women: causation or selection?
(2015-11)
Several studies report that schooling protects against HIV infection in Sub-Saharan Africa. This
study examines the effect of secondary school attendance on the probability of HIV incidence
among young women aged 15-24, ...
Inflation Dynamics and Food Prices in Ethiopia
(2010-11)
During the global food crisis, Ethiopia experienced an unprecedented increase in inflation, among the highest in Africa. Using monthly data over the past decade, we estimate models of inflation to identify the importance ...
East African Community: Pre-conditions for an Effective Monetary Union
(2011-12)
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda signed the Treaty for the establishment of the East African Community (EAC) in 1999, which entered into force in July 2000. In 2007 it was signed by Burundi and Rwanda. According to the Treaty, ...
Importing High Food Prices by Exporting: Rice Prices in Lao PDR
(2014-11)
This paper shows how a developing country, Lao PDR, imports high glutinous rice prices by exporting its staple food to neighboring countries, Vietnam and Thailand. Lao PDR has extensive export controls on rice, generating ...
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2013-03 Re)
We investigate the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV among married women using Demographic and Health Survey data from ten sub-Saharan African countries, and find a strong association. The ...
Are Fairtrade Prices Fair? An Analysis of the Distribution of Returns in the Swedish Coffee Market
(2015-02)
Consumers pay a premium for Fair Trade coffee, often assuming that it mainly benefits poor
coffee farmers. However, several studies report that most of the premium accrues to actors
in the consumer countries, such as ...
The Futile Quest for a Grand Explanation of Long-Run Government Expenditure
(2010-01-22)
This paper carries out a critical reappraisal of the two contending theories purporting to
explain long-run government spending: Wagner’s Law and different variants of the ratchet effect. We
analyze data spanning from ...