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Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence From Indonesia (2015)
Journal Article
Grimm, M., Sparrow, R., & Tasciotti, L. (2015). Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence From Indonesia. Demography, 52(5), 1773-1796. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0420-3

We analyze various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility in Indonesia, using a district difference-in-difference approach. The electrification rate increased by 65 % over the study period, and our results suggest that the sub... Read More about Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence From Indonesia.

Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence From Indonesia (2015)
Journal Article
Grimm, M., Sparrow, R., & Tasciotti, L. (2015). Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence From Indonesia. Demography, 52(5), 1773-1796. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0420-3

We analyze various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility in Indonesia, using a district difference-in-difference approach. The electrification rate increased by 65 % over the study period, and our results suggest that the sub... Read More about Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence From Indonesia.

Waiting time distribution in public health care: empirics and theory (2015)
Journal Article
Dimakou, S., Dimakou, O., & Basso, H. S. (2015). Waiting time distribution in public health care: empirics and theory. Health Economics Review, 5(25), 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-015-0061-7

Excessive waiting times for elective surgery have been a long-standing concern in many national healthcare systems in the OECD. How do the hospital admission patterns that generate waiting lists affect different patients? What are the hospitals chara... Read More about Waiting time distribution in public health care: empirics and theory.

Waiting time distribution in public health care: empirics and theory (2015)
Journal Article
Dimakou, S., Dimakou, O., & Basso, H. S. (2015). Waiting time distribution in public health care: empirics and theory. Health Economics Review, 5(25), 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-015-0061-7

Excessive waiting times for elective surgery have been a long-standing concern in many national healthcare systems in the OECD. How do the hospital admission patterns that generate waiting lists affect different patients? What are the hospitals chara... Read More about Waiting time distribution in public health care: empirics and theory.

Paying the price of HIV in Africa: cash transfers and the depoliticisation of HIV risk (2015)
Journal Article
Johnston, D. (2015). Paying the price of HIV in Africa: cash transfers and the depoliticisation of HIV risk. Review of African political economy, 42(14), 394-413. https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2015.1064815

Despite biomedical innovation, HIV incidence remains high in some African countries. HIV-related cash-transfer projects propose a solution. However, the author raises concerns about their success from a political economy perspective. Where structural... Read More about Paying the price of HIV in Africa: cash transfers and the depoliticisation of HIV risk.