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35 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17500
The Fertility Impacts of Development Programs
Aletheia Donald, Markus Goldstein, Tricia Koroknay-Palicz, Mathilde Sage
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17433
Firm Ownership Control and Management Practices, with an Update on Sub-Saharan Africa
Andrew Dabalen, Saumik Paul
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17391
Family Planning and Ethnic Heritage: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, Chiara Falco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17136
Imputing Poverty Indicators without Consumption Data: An Exploratory Analysis
Hai-Anh H Dang, Talip Kilic, Kseniya Abanokova, Calogero Carletto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16738
Tackling the Last Hurdles of Poverty Entrenchment: An Investigation of Poverty Dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17
Hai-Anh H Dang, Dhushyanth Raju, Tomomi Tanaka, Kseniya Abanokova
published as 'Poverty Dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17: An Investigation Using Synthetic Panels' in: Scientific African, 2024, 25, e02282
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16466
Educational Assortative Mating and Harsh Parenting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Luca Maria Pesando, Elisabetta De Cao, Giulia La Mattina, Alberto Ciancio
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2024, 351, 116954
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15966
The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Structural Change
Nicolas Büttner, Michael Grimm, Isabel Günther, Kenneth Harttgen, Stephan Klasen
published in: Demography, 2024, 61 (5), 1585–1611.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15873
Poverty Imputation in Contexts without Consumption Data: A Revisit with Further Refinements
Hai-Anh H Dang, Talip Kilic, Kseniya Abanokova, Calogero Carletto
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2025, 71 (1), e12714
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15778
Counting Missing Women – A Reconciliation of the 'Flow Measure' and the 'Stock Measure'
Cara Ebert, Stephan Klasen, Sebastian Vollmer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15684
Learning Inequalities during COVID-19: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys from Sub-Saharan Africa
Hai-Anh H Dang, Gbemisola Oseni, Alberto Zezza, Kseniya Abanokova
published as 'Educational Inequalities during COVID-19: Results from Longitudinal Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa' in: International Journal of Education Development, 2025, 112, 103174 (without A. Zezza)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15466
Evaluating the Impacts of Minigrid Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sinem H. Ayhan, Giacomo Falchetta, Jan C. Steckel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15432
Reaping the Rewards Later: How Education Improves Old-Age Cognition in South Africa
Plamen Nikolov, Steve Yeh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14424
Prenatal Exposure to Heat Waves and Child Health in Sub-saharan Africa
Massimiliano Bratti, Prince Boakye Frimpong, Simone Russo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13777
The Effect of Antimalarial Campaigns on Child Mortality and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Joshua Wilde, Bénédicte Apouey, Joseph Coleman, Gabriel Picone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13194
The Importance of Cognitive Domains and the Returns to Schooling in South Africa: Evidence from Two Labor Surveys
Plamen Nikolov, Nusrat Abedin Jimi
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101849.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13069
The Heterogeneous Effects of Conflict on Education: A Spatial Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kerstin Unfried, Krisztina Kis-Katos
published in: Journal of Peace Research, 2023, 60 (6), 968-984.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11389
Do Developing Countries Enjoy Faster Poverty Reduction as Their Initial Poverty Incidences Decline over Time? A Dynamic Panel Analysis
Yusi Ouyang, Abebe Shimeles, Erik Thorbecke
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11388
Revisiting Cross-Country Poverty Convergence in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Yusi Ouyang, Abebe Shimeles, Erik Thorbecke
published in: World Development, 2019, 117 (C), 13 - 28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11212
Preschool Attendance, School Progression, and Cognitive Skills in East Africa
Jan Bietenbeck, Sanna Ericsson, Fredrick M. Wamalwa
revised version published as 'Preschool attendance, schooling, and cognitive skills in East Africa' in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 73, 101909
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10367
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Julia Bredtmann, Fernanda Martínez Flores, Sebastian Otten
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (7), 1455-1476.
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