Study: “Effects of Reproductive Health on Poverty in Malawi”
PI(s): Vera-Hernandez, Marcos
Affiliation(s): University College of London, IFS
Institutional Partner(s): ESRC
Project Dates:
Start: 2008
End: 2011
Data Source(s): Panel Data
Methods: Randomized Controlled Trial
Geographic Location(s): Malawi
Description:
The study investigates the causal effect of reproductive health on poverty, primarily using data on randomized interventions that relate specifically to reproductive health. Poverty indicators include not only current variables such as household consumption and female labor supply, but also investments in the health and education of children, which are known to be critical for long-term poverty reduction. The research, conducted in Malawi, is a highly policy-relevant context for understanding the relationship between reproductive health and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Both poverty and poor reproductive health are widespread in Malawi, though there is little understanding of the causal relationship between the two. Poverty might affect reproductive health and vice versa.
Research Outputs:
Castro, Ruben, Behrman, Jere R. & Kohler, Hans-Peter. (2015). Perception of HIV Risk and the Quantity and Quality of Children: The Case of Rural Malawi. Journal of Population Economics, 28 (1). 113-132. DOI: 10.1007/s00148-013-0498-0
Castro, Ruben, Behrman, Jere R. & Kohler, Hans-Peter. (2010). Perception of HIV risk and the quantity and quality of children: The case of rural Malawi (University of Pennsylvania Population Studies Center (PSC) Working Paper No. 10-08). DOI: 10.1007/s00148-013-0498-0
Fitzsimons, Emla, Malde, Bansi, Mesnard, Alice & Vera-Hernández, Marcos. (2012). Household responses to information on child nutrition: experimental evidence from Malawi (Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Discussion Paper No. DP8915).
Fitzsimons, Emla, Malde, Bansi, Mesnard, Alice & Vera-Hernández, Marcos. (2014). Nutrition, information, and household behaviour: Experimental evidence from Malawi (Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) Working Papers W14/02).
Fitzsimons, Emla, Malde, Bansi, Mesnard, Alice & Vera-Hernández, Marcos. (2016). Nutrition, information and household behavior: Experimental evidence from Malawi. Journal of Development Economics, 122(1): 113-126. DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2016.05.002