Author:Case, Anne; Menendez, Alicia; Ardington, CallyDate:28 May 2015We examine patterns of health seeking behaviour prior to death among 1282
individuals who lived in the Umkhanyakude District of Northern KwaZulu-
Natal. Information on the health care choices of these individuals, who died
between January ...Read more
Author:Ardington, Cally; Case, AnneDate:06 Jun 2017Health status and socioeconomic status are important determinants of individuals’ wellbeing. Information on income alone, or on health alone, provides a less complete picture. Better health can lead to higher income, and higher income can ...Read more
Author:Ardington, Cally; Case, AnneDate:06 Jun 2017Health status and socioeconomic status are important determinants of individuals’ wellbeing. Information on income alone, or on health alone, provides a less complete picture. Better health can lead to higher income, and higher income can ...Read more
Author:Ardington, Cally; Gasealahwe, BoingotloDate:28 May 2015This report examines the health data from the second wave of the NIDS with a view to assessing the strengths and weakness of the data and highlighting the potential of the NIDS panel for the analysis of the relationship between health status ...Read more
Author:Mussa, R.Date:28 May 2015The paper examines the relationship between household income and schooling costs in the presence of intrahousehold schooling bias against non-biological children. To this end, we construct a two-period model of intrahousehold schooling bias. ...Read more
Author:Ranchhod, VimalDate:28 May 2015How do poor households respond to the cessation of cash transfers in developing countries? South Africa"s generous social pension system results in most of the poor elderly being the primary "breadwinner" in the household. I estimate the ...Read more