Browsing Working Papers (Economics) by UP Author "Koch, Steven F."

Browsing Working Papers (Economics) by UP Author "Koch, Steven F."

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  • Child mortality in eastern and southern Africa 
    Koch, Steven F.; Handa, Sudhanshu; Ng, Shu Wen (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2008-10)
    High rates of infant mortality in Africa continue to be a major public health concern today, despite the fact that most deaths can be prevented from well known, relatively low cost technologies. Using multiple years of ...
  • Dynamic health care decisions and child health in South Africa 
    Koch, Steven F.; Alaba, Olufunke A. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2008-10)
    A large number of child deaths in developing countries could be averted if ill children received care sooner rather than later. However, analysis in these developing countries rarely considers the pathway, through which, ...
  • Equity in private health insurance coverage in South Africa : 2002-2007 
    Koch, Steven F. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-08)
    South Africa, which allowed complete suffrage in 1994, for the first time, has committed itself to improved health outcomes through equitable economic and social development. However, South Africa fares poorly in the World ...
  • Fractional multinomial response models with an application to expenditure shares 
    Koch, Steven F. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2010-10)
    The research presented here considers the performance of the Fractional Multinomial Logit (FMNL) model in explaining expenditure shares using data from the 2005/06 South African Income and Expenditure Survey. The results ...
  • Hurdle models of alcohol and tobacco expenditure in South African households 
    Koch, Steven F.; Ground, Marc (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2007-02)
    Estimates of participation or expenditure elasticities depend upon the assumptions made regarding the observation of zero expenditure at the household level. This research examines two single-hurdle models across two ...
  • Inflation and the household : towards a measurement of the welfare costs of inflation 
    Koch, Steven F.; Bosch, Adel (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-08)
    This paper considers household expenditure patterns through the estimation of parametric share estimates. The parameters from these expenditure share estimates are then used to simulate the underlying income transfer ...
  • Love and addiction : the importance of commitment 
    Koch, Steven F. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2005-12)
    The bilaterally monopolistic nature of relationships between partners, combined with the addictive nature of love, which represents the emotion people feel during the course of a relationship, results in love growth when ...
  • On health insurance and household decisions : an econometric policy analysis 
    Koch, Steven F.; Alaba, Olufunke A. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2008-07)
    In developing countries, health insurance is not a commonly purchased financial instrument. Recent debates have revolved around extending health insurance coverage to a wider range of the population, primarily via compulsory ...
  • Returns to schooling : skills accumulation or information revelation? 
    Koch, Steven F.; Ntege, S. Ssekabira (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2008-06)
    This paper explores the degree to which imperfect information in the labour market regarding worker quality is likely to impact employment opportunities, as well as the wages associated with those opportunities. The primary ...
  • Semiparametric stochastic frontier analysis of specialist surgeon clinics 
    Koch, Steven F.; Slabbert, Jean D. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2010-09)
    A purposive sample of South African specialist surgeons was used to nonparametrically estimate production relations for single output and multiple output production processes. The analysis was further extended to ...
  • Technical barriers to trade faced by South African SMME's 
    Peet, Michael Andrew; Koch, Steven F. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2005-12)
    South Africa is an open economy, and, therefore, it is affected by what happens in foreign markets. Exports and export growth are cornerstones of South African economic development policy. One of the implications of ...
  • Tobacco substitution and the poor 
    Koch, Steven F.; Tshiswaka-Kashalala, Gauthier (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2008-10)
    Tobacco control policies have effectively raised the price of cigarettes and other tobacco products. However, these price increases have been shown to disproportionately fall upon poorer households, with fewer resources. ...