Papers & Publications
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| Author(s) | Paper | Publication Information |
| A. Case, Anu Garib, Alicia Menendez, and Analia Olgiati | Paying the Piper: The High Cost of Funerals in South Africa | Forthcoming, Economic Development and Cultural Change (2013) |
| C. Ardington, T. Bärnighausen, A. Case and A. Menendez | Social protection and labor market outcomes of youth in South Africa | RPDS Working Paper #283 |
| A. Case and C. Paxson | HIV Risk and Adolescent Behaviors in Africa | American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, vol. 103, iss. 3, pp. 433-438 (2013) |
| C. Ardington and A. Case | Health Challenges Past and Future | Forthcoming in The Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa, Oxford University Press, Haroon Bhorat, Alan Hirsch, Ravi Kanbur and Mthuli Ncube (eds.) |
| C. Ardington, T. Bärnighausen, A. Case and A. Menendez | The Economic Consequences of Death in South Africa | RPDS Working Paper #280 (2013) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson | The Long Reach of Childhood Health and Circumstance: Evidence from the Whitehall II Study | The Economic Journal, vol. 121, pp. F183-F204 (2011) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson | Causes and Consequences of Early Life Health | Demography, vol. 47, Supplement, pp. S65-S85 (2010) |
| C. Ardington and A. Case | Interactions Between Mental Health and Socioeconomic Status in the South African National Income Dynamics Study | Studies in Economics and Econometrics, vol. 34, iss. 3, pp. 69-85 (2010) |
| Ardington, Case, Islam, et al. | The impact of AIDS on intergenerational support in South Africa: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study | Research on Aging 32(1):97-121 (2010) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson | Early Life Health and Cognitive Function in Old Age | American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings vol. 99, iss. 2, pp. 104-109 (2009) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson | The impact of the AIDS pandemic on health services in Africa: Evidence from demographic health surveys | Demography 48(2):675-697 (2011) |
| A. Case and A. Menendez | Requiescat in Pace? The Consequences of High Priced Funerals in South Africa | Chaper 11 in Explorations of Aging, David Wise (ed.), University of Chicago Press (2011) |
| A. Case, C. Paxson, and M. Islam | Making Sense of the Labor Market Height Premium: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey | Economic Letters 102, pp. 174-176 (2009) |
| A. Case, D. Lee, and C. Paxson | The Income Gradient in Children's Health: A Comment on Currie, Shields and Wheatley Price | Journal of Health Economics, vol. 27, iss. 3, pp. 801-807 (2008) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson |
Height, Health and Cognitive Function at Older Ages | American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, vol. 98, iss. 2 (2008) |
| C. Ardington, A. Case and V. Hosegood |
Labor supply responses to large social transfers: Longitudinal evidence from South Africa | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 1, iss. 1, pp. 22-48 (2009) |
| A. Case and A. Menendez |
Sex Differences In Obesity Rates In Poor Countries: Evidence From South Africa | Economics and Human Biology, iss. 7, vol. 3, pp. 271-282 (2009) |
| C. Ardington, A. Case and V. Hosegood |
Labor supply responses to large social transfers: Longitudinal evidence from South Africa | NBER Working Paper: 13442 (2007) |
| A. Case and A. Menendez | Does Money Empower the Elderly? Evidence from the Agincourt Demographic Surveillance Area | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, vol. 35, iss. 3, pp. 157-164 (2007) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson | Children's Health and Social Mobility | The Future of Children, vol. 16, No. 2, Opportunity in American, pp. 151-173 (2006) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson |
Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes | Journal of Political Economy vol. 116, iss. 3, (2008) |
| A. Case, C. Paxson, and T. Vogl |
Socioeconomic Status and Health in Childhood: A Comment on Chen, Martin and Matthews | Social Science & Medicine, vol. 64, iss. 4, pp. 757-61 (2007) |
| A. Case and A. Deaton |
Health and Wellbeing in Udaipur and South Africa | Chapter 9 in Developments in the Economics of Aging, David Wise (ed.), University of Chicago Press (2006 ) |
| A. Case, A. Menendez, and C. Ardington | Health Seeking Behavior in Northern KwaZulu-Natal | |
| A. Case, V. Hosegood, and F. Lund | The Reach and Impact of Child Support Grants: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal | Development Southern Africa, vol. 22, iss. 4, 467-482 (2005) |
| A. Case and C. Ardington | The Impact of Parental Death on School Outcomes: Longitudinal Evidence from South Africa | Demography, vol. 43, iss. 3, 401-420 (2006) |
| A. Case and A. Deaton | Health and Wealth Among the Poor: India and South Africa Compared | American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, vol. 95, iss. 2 (2005) |
| A. Case | The Primacy of Education | Chapter 18 in Understanding Poverty, A. Banerjee, R. Benabou, D. Mookherjee (eds.), pp. 269-284, Oxford University Press (2005) |
| A. Case and A. Deaton | Broken Down by Work and Sex: How Our Health Declines | Chapter 6 in Analyses in the Economics of Aging, University of Chicago Press, pp. 185-205 (2005) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson | Sex Differences in Morbidity & Mortality | Demography, vol. 42, iss. 2, pp. 189-214 (2005) |
| A. Case, A. Fertig, and C. Paxson | The Lasting Impact of Childhood Health and Circumstance | Journal of Health Economics, vol. 24, pp. 365-389 (2005) |
| A. Case, C. Paxson, and J. Ableidinger | Orphans in Africa: Parental Death, Poverty, and School Enrollment | Demography, vol. 41, iss. 3, pp. 483-508 (2004) |
| A. Case, I. LeRoux, and A. Menendez | Medical Compliance and Income-Health Gradients | American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, vol. 94, iss. 2, pp. 331-335 (2004) |
| A. Case, V. Hosegood, and F. Lund | The Reach of the South Africa Child Support Grant: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal | |
| A. Case, I-Fen Lin, and S. McLanahan | Explaining Trends in Child Support: Economic, Demographic, and Policy Effects | Demography, vol. 40, iss. 1, pp. 171-189 (2003) |
| T. Besley and A. Case | Political Institutions and Policy Choices: Evidence from the United States | Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 41, iss. 1, pp. 7-73 (2003) |
| A. Case and A. Deaton | Consumption, Health, Gender, and Poverty | World Bank Working Paper: 3020 (2003) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson | Parental Behavior and Child Health | Health Affairs, vol. 21, iss. 2, pp. 164-178 (2002) |
| A. Case, D. Lubotsky, and C. Paxson | Economic Status and Health in Childhood: The Origins of the Gradient | American Economic Review, vol. 92, iss. 5, pp. 1308-1334 (2002) |
| A. Case and C. Paxson | Mothers and Others: Who Invests in Children's Health? | Journal of Health Economics, vol. 20, iss. 3, pp. 301-328 (2001) |
| K. Anderson, A. Case, and D. Lam | Causes and Consequences of Schooling Outcomes in South Africa: Evidence from Survey Data | Social Dynamics, vol. 27, iss. 1, pp. 37-59 (2001) |
| A. Case, I-Fen Lin, and S. McLanahan | Educational Attainment of Siblings in Stepfamilies | Evolution and Human Behavior, vol. 22, iss. 4, pp. 269-289 (2001) |
| A. Case | Does Money Protect Health Status? Evidence from South African Pensions | Chapter 8 in Perspectives on the Economics of Aging, David Wise (editor), pp. 287-312, University of Chicago Press (2004) |
| A. Case | Health, Income, and Economic Development | Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, The World Bank, pp. 221-241 (2001/2002) |
| A. Case | Election Goals and Income Redistribution: Recent Evidence from Albania | European Economic Review, vol. 45, iss. 3, pp. 405-423 (2001) |
| A. Case and F. Wilson | Health and Wellbeing in South Africa: Evidence from the Langeberg Survey | |
| T. Besley and A. Case | Unnatural Experiments? Estimating the Incidence of Endogenous Policies | Economic Journal, vol. 110, iss. 467, pp. F672-F694 (2000) |
| A. Case, I-Fen Lin, and S. McLanahan | How Hungry is the Selfish Gene? | Economic Journal, vol. 110, iss. 466, pp. 781-804 (2000) |
| A. Case and M. Yogo | Does
School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of
Schools in South Africa |
NBER Working Paper: 7399 (1999) |
| A. Case and A. Deaton |
School Inputs and Educational Outcomes in South
Africa |
Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 114, iss. 3, pp. 1047-1084 (1999) |
| A. Case, I-Fen Lin, and S. McLanahan |
Household Resource Allocation in Stepfamilies: Darwin Reflects the Plight of Cinderella | American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, vol. 89, iss. 2, pp. 234-238 (1999) |
| A. Case | The Effects of Stronger Child Support Enforcement of Non-marital Fertility | Fathers Under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement, Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, Daniel Meyer and Judith Seltzer (eds.), Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 191-215 (1998) |
| A. Case | Income Distribution and Expenditure Patterns in South Africa | |
| A. Case and A. Deaton |
Large Cash Transfers to the Elderly in South
Africa |
Economic Journal, vol. 108, iss. 450, pp. 1330-1361 (1998) |
| T. Besley and A. Case | Does Electoral Accountability Affect Economic Policy Choices? Evidence from Gubernatorial Term Limits | Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 110, iss. 3, pp. 769-798 (1995) |
| T. Besley and A. Case | Incumbent Behavior: Vote Seeking, Tax Setting and Yardstick Competition | American Economic Review, vol. 85, iss. 1, pp. 25-45 (1995) |
| A. Case | Symposium on Consumption Smoothing in Developing Countries | The Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 9, iss. 3, pp. 81-82 (1995) |
| K. Butcher and A. Case | The Effect of Sibling Sex Composition on Women's Education and Earnings |
Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 109, iss. 3, pp. 531-563 (1994) |
| T. Besley and A. Case | Diffusion as a Learning Process: Evidence From
HYV Cotton |
RPDS Discussion Paper No. 174 (1994) |
| A. Case | Taxes and the Electoral Cycle: How Sensitive Are Governors to Coming Elections | Business Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, pp. 17-26 (March/April 1994) |
| T. Besley and A. Case | Modeling Technology Adoption in Developing Countries | American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, vol. 83, iss. 2, pp. 396-402(1993) |
| A. Case, J.R. Hines, Jr. and H.S. Rosen | Budget Spillovers and Fiscal Policy Interdependence: Evidence from the States | Journal of Public Economics, vol. 52, iss. 3, pp. 285-307 (1993) |
| A. Case | Interstate Tax Competition After TRA 86 | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 12, iss. 1, pp 136-148 (1993) |
| A. Case | Neighborhood Influence and Technological Change | Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 22, iss. 3, pp. 491-508 (1992) |
| A. Case | Spatial Patterns in Household Demand | Econometrica, vol. 59, iss. 4, pp. 953-965 (1991) |
| A. Case and L. Katz | The Company You Keep: The Effects of Family and Neighborhood on Disadvantaged Youths | NBER Working Paper: 3705 (1991) |
| A. Case and A. Deaton | Analysis of Household Expenditures | Living Standards Measurement Study Working Paper No. 28, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank (1987) |
| A. Case and L. Squire | A Comparison of General and Partial Equilibrium Modeling Approaches | Country Policy Department Discussion Paper, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank (1984) |
| A. Case and L. Squire | The Relative Merits of Alternative Approaches to Applied Welfare Economics | Washington, D.C.: The World Bank (1982) |
