Projects
The impact of intra household decision making on the sustainability, efficiency and equitability ofhousehold farming in sub-Saharan Africa. University of Antwerp
The interplay among household decision-making, gender relations and climate change adaptation policies. Evidence from a quasi-experimental impact study in the Morogoro region, Tanzania. University of Antwerp
Essays on household economics in Sub Saharan Africa. KU Leuven
All three essays that constitute this thesis empirically analyse various areas of household decision and human development: education, health and gender equality, in this very order.
Using a compilation of 86 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) rounds from 34 countries, Chapter 2 assesses the impact of household fertility on children schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Exploiting plausible exogeneity of twins birth to address ...
Essays in Development Economics: Evidence from East Africa KU Leuven
This dissertation is divided into four chapters, each built around a different research paper that falls under the broad field of `development economics'. The analysis in all chapters is mostly empirical, relying on primary data collected in recent years from East Africa. Of course, theory plays a key role in directing the analysis. Chapters 1 and 2 study different aspects of female empowerment and household decisions in Tanzania. Chapters 3 ...