Naphtali Wagner
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1009190 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Naphtali Wagner |
| PRENOMES | Naphtali |
| SOBRENOME | Wagner |
| ASSINATURA | WAGNER N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0830-6429 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Responses in child health to concerted reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of the 2016 earthquake in Ecuador
The paper explores the short-term impact of recovery in the aftermath of a natural disaster on a set of child health outcomes. We analyze the impacts of a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 that occurred on the coast of Ecuador on April 16, 2016. As damage was geographically concentrated, affected infrastructure and individuals could be readily identified. We implement a quasi-experimental difference-in-difference (DiD) strategy with geo-re…
Fertility, electricity and television
In 1960s Pakistan, every woman was giving birth to more than 6 children on average. In 2021, Pakistan still has the second-highest fertility rate in South Asia with every woman giving birth to 3.4 children on average. This paper uses four waves of Demographic and Health Survey data to empirically analyze trends in fertility in Pakistan between 1990 and 2018; accounting for wealth, education and locational differences, this paper looks at three ad…
Schenker against the Pack
Is musical analysis meant to guide performance – or to be based on it? Can a Schenkerian analysis of a piece be corroborated by a performance or an arrangement? This article addresses these questions through a well‐known test case – the first prelude of the first book of Bach's Well‐Tempered Clavier , as analysed by Heinrich Schenker in Five Graphic Analyses . The emphasis is on the hypermetric aspect, which has direct implications for performanc…
Evaluating the economic effects of the Ebola virus disease in Liberia
We use the synthetic control method to isolate the impact of the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease epidemic on the Liberian economy. We find a slight initial decline in the unemployment rate, followed by an increase of roughly 1% ( p ‐value ≤5%). The effect on inflation is more substantial (close to a 7% and 18% increase 4 and 5years after the outbreak) but statistically insignificant in the preceding period (2014–2016). We do not identify any other …
Public transfers and crowding-in and -out of private transfers
Study of the Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) to pastoralists in Northern Kenya. • We test whether the shock to household income due to HSNP affects private transfers. • We exploit the RCT set-up of HSNP to control for the endogeneity of income. • Rise in income is associated with a decline (rise) in transfers received (given). • In general, traditional transfer dynamics seem altered due to public programs. In rural areas of developing countries,…
International Collaboration in Times of Pandemics
Better, swifter and more responsive international coordination is needed within our global financial system for the containment of the pandemic and its effects. This requires better international tax coordination with a higher global minimum corporate tax, comprehensive coverage of sectors and firms, inclusion of all current tax havens and more generous redistribution of excess profits to developing nations based on user location. There also need…
Determinants of Intended Return Migration among Refugees
Little is known about whether Syrian refugees intend to return to their origin-country and what affects their return migration intentions. We introduce a theoretical framework for voluntary return, identify the refugees’ decision-making context, and empirically assess the model with a sample of 577 Syrian refugees living in Germany and Turkey in 2018. Three return scenarios were presented in the survey: (i) returning to Syria within two years, (i…
Building resilience in the chars of Bangladesh
Recent evidence highlights that integrated interventions have sustainable impacts on household welfare. This paper evaluates the ‘Char Development and Settlement Program,’ which targets marginalized, coastal populations of Bangladesh and is implemented by the NGO BRAC, which pioneers integrated programs in over 20 countries. The analysis exploits household panel data (2012, 2016) for over 2500 households living in 11 chars to measure the impact o…
Does accountability enhance service delivery? Assessment of a local scorecard initiative in Uganda
This article assesses whether the Local Government Council’s Scorecard Initiative, implemented in Uganda since 2009, achieved its intended impact of enhancing service delivery by providing information on the performance of local government. We analyse a district-level panel dataset (2005–2016) with administrative data, as well as Afrobarometer data on citizen perceptions (2005–2017). Empirically, we exploit the phasing in of the scorecard for a m…
“When I receive the message, it is a sign of love”
Mobile health (mHealth) has gained considerable interest recently due to its potential to improve health outcomes in developing countries with high outreach yet low costs. Several studies have explored the use of short message service (SMS) reminders to improve antiretroviral (ARV) retention and adherence, with mixed results. The majority of these studies has a quantitative nature and employs randomized designs, which do not provide further quali…
Adaptation and biomedical transition of people living with HIV to antiretroviral treatment in Burkina Faso
This article examines the adaptation and biomedical transition of people living with HIV (PLHIV) to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Burkina Faso. The study employs a representative sample of 3625 randomly selected patients. Subjective and objective measures of health and their predictors are compared for short-term (≤24 months) versus longer-term ART adherents (>24 months) in a cohort study. Subjective health is measured as Likert scale self-ra…
The impact of the Ethiopian health extension program and health development army on maternal mortality
Urban agriculture, dietary diversity and child health in a sample of Tanzanian town folk
Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiency continue to be two of the major health burdens in less developed economies. In this study, we explore the link between urban agriculture, dietary diversity and child health, using weight-for-age and height-for-age Z-scores. The study makes use of two rounds of observational data for urban Tanzania and employs an instrumental variables estimation approach. We show that practising urban agriculture leads …
Does health insurance coverage or improved quality protect better against out-of-pocket payments? Experimental evidence from the Philippines
Bride Price and Fertility Decisions
This paper provides evidence about the relationship between bride price payments and fertility decisions in Senegal. Higher bride price payments reduce the fertility pressure for women with results being robust to confounding socio-economic and contextual factors. The fertility-reducing impact is greater for women who are economically dependent on their husbands. In polygamous households and for arranged marriages, a lower bride price increases f…
How Much Should We Trust Micro-data? A Comparison of the Socio-demographic Profile of Malawian Households Using Census, LSMS and DHS data
Misfortunes never come singly
Universal health coverage at the macro level
Polygyny and Child Growth
Using household data from twenty-six African countries, this study examines the correlation between four measures of polygyny and child growth. External validity is added to existing small-sample evidence by investigating this correlation across many countries and by controlling for, as well as exploring, sources of heterogeneity at the regional, country, household, and maternal level. Household fixed-effects models indicate that the children of …
Female Genital Cutting and Long-Term Health Consequences – Nationally Representative Estimates across 13 Countries
Using cross-sectional data from 13 African countries, I compare long-term health outcomes across cut and uncut women. This study is the first to use nationally representative data. Consistent with medical research, no evidence of general health impairments or decreased fertility induced by female genital cutting (FGC) is found; rather cut women have more children. The most pronounced long-term health impairments are a 24 per cent increase in the …
Does Community-Driven Development Improve Inclusiveness in Peasant Organizations? – Evidence from Senegal
Child health, its dynamic interaction with nutrition and health memory – Evidence from Senegal
Urban Agriculture and Dietary Diversity
Starting in the Middle
Establishment of the opening tonic is one of the structural foundations of orthodox tonal practice regardless of period or genre. While this principle was almost always honoured, historically speaking, throughout the eighteenth century, nineteenth-century composers sometimes chose to deviate from it, as did the Beatles in the rather different context of twentieth-century popular song. The present discussion of non-tonic beginnings in the music of…
Fixing a hole in the scale
A suppressed note is one that is consistently left out of the collection of pitch classes (different musical notes) in a musical piece and later appears with considerable emphasis. The Beatles frequently use the technique of suppressed notes, due to their tendency to compose pentatonic melodies, which leave 'holes' in the diatonic scale. These holes are usually filled in later in the song, when the pentatonicism is broken. The suppressed note the…
Determinants of Intended Return Migration among Refugees
Little is known about whether Syrian refugees intend to return to their origin-country and what affects their return migration intentions. We introduce a theoretical framework for voluntary return, identify the refugees’ decision-making context, and empirically assess the model with a sample of 577 Syrian refugees living in Germany and Turkey in 2018. Three return scenarios were presented in the survey: (i) returning to Syria within two years, (i…
Does Community-Driven Development Improve Inclusiveness in Peasant Organizations? – Evidence from Senegal
The impact of the Ethiopian health extension program and health development army on maternal mortality
Universal health coverage at the macro level
Urban Agriculture and Dietary Diversity
Does accountability enhance service delivery? Assessment of a local scorecard initiative in Uganda
This article assesses whether the Local Government Council’s Scorecard Initiative, implemented in Uganda since 2009, achieved its intended impact of enhancing service delivery by providing information on the performance of local government. We analyse a district-level panel dataset (2005–2016) with administrative data, as well as Afrobarometer data on citizen perceptions (2005–2017). Empirically, we exploit the phasing in of the scorecard for a m…
Does health insurance coverage or improved quality protect better against out-of-pocket payments? Experimental evidence from the Philippines
Starting in the Middle
Establishment of the opening tonic is one of the structural foundations of orthodox tonal practice regardless of period or genre. While this principle was almost always honoured, historically speaking, throughout the eighteenth century, nineteenth-century composers sometimes chose to deviate from it, as did the Beatles in the rather different context of twentieth-century popular song. The present discussion of non-tonic beginnings in the music of…
Fixing a hole in the scale
A suppressed note is one that is consistently left out of the collection of pitch classes (different musical notes) in a musical piece and later appears with considerable emphasis. The Beatles frequently use the technique of suppressed notes, due to their tendency to compose pentatonic melodies, which leave 'holes' in the diatonic scale. These holes are usually filled in later in the song, when the pentatonicism is broken. The suppressed note the…
Concurrence and Nonconcurrence between Learned and Natural Schemata
The concept of concurrence/nonconcurrence is significant in many areas outside music. Here we observe it as an important parameter in characterizing a musical style, and even an esthetic ideal. We attempt to discover its diverse overt and latent appearances – between parameters, between units, and between learned and natural schemata – and to find a regularity governing its use (in written music and not in the performance practice). The study was…
Concurrence and Nonconcurrence between Learned and Natural Schemata
The concept of concurrence/nonconcurrence is significant in many areas outside music. Here we observe it as an important parameter in characterizing a musical style, and even an esthetic ideal. We attempt to discover its diverse overt and latent appearances – between parameters, between units, and between learned and natural schemata – and to find a regularity governing its use (in written music and not in the performance practice). The study was…
Fixing a hole in the scale
A suppressed note is one that is consistently left out of the collection of pitch classes (different musical notes) in a musical piece and later appears with considerable emphasis. The Beatles frequently use the technique of suppressed notes, due to their tendency to compose pentatonic melodies, which leave 'holes' in the diatonic scale. These holes are usually filled in later in the song, when the pentatonicism is broken. The suppressed note the…
Starting in the Middle
Establishment of the opening tonic is one of the structural foundations of orthodox tonal practice regardless of period or genre. While this principle was almost always honoured, historically speaking, throughout the eighteenth century, nineteenth-century composers sometimes chose to deviate from it, as did the Beatles in the rather different context of twentieth-century popular song. The present discussion of non-tonic beginnings in the music of…
Child health, its dynamic interaction with nutrition and health memory – Evidence from Senegal
Urban Agriculture and Dietary Diversity
Polygyny and Child Growth
Using household data from twenty-six African countries, this study examines the correlation between four measures of polygyny and child growth. External validity is added to existing small-sample evidence by investigating this correlation across many countries and by controlling for, as well as exploring, sources of heterogeneity at the regional, country, household, and maternal level. Household fixed-effects models indicate that the children of …
Female Genital Cutting and Long-Term Health Consequences – Nationally Representative Estimates across 13 Countries
Using cross-sectional data from 13 African countries, I compare long-term health outcomes across cut and uncut women. This study is the first to use nationally representative data. Consistent with medical research, no evidence of general health impairments or decreased fertility induced by female genital cutting (FGC) is found; rather cut women have more children. The most pronounced long-term health impairments are a 24 per cent increase in the …
Does Community-Driven Development Improve Inclusiveness in Peasant Organizations? – Evidence from Senegal
Misfortunes never come singly
Universal health coverage at the macro level
Bride Price and Fertility Decisions
This paper provides evidence about the relationship between bride price payments and fertility decisions in Senegal. Higher bride price payments reduce the fertility pressure for women with results being robust to confounding socio-economic and contextual factors. The fertility-reducing impact is greater for women who are economically dependent on their husbands. In polygamous households and for arranged marriages, a lower bride price increases f…
How Much Should We Trust Micro-data? A Comparison of the Socio-demographic Profile of Malawian Households Using Census, LSMS and DHS data
Urban agriculture, dietary diversity and child health in a sample of Tanzanian town folk
Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiency continue to be two of the major health burdens in less developed economies. In this study, we explore the link between urban agriculture, dietary diversity and child health, using weight-for-age and height-for-age Z-scores. The study makes use of two rounds of observational data for urban Tanzania and employs an instrumental variables estimation approach. We show that practising urban agriculture leads …
Does health insurance coverage or improved quality protect better against out-of-pocket payments? Experimental evidence from the Philippines
The impact of the Ethiopian health extension program and health development army on maternal mortality
Adaptation and biomedical transition of people living with HIV to antiretroviral treatment in Burkina Faso
This article examines the adaptation and biomedical transition of people living with HIV (PLHIV) to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Burkina Faso. The study employs a representative sample of 3625 randomly selected patients. Subjective and objective measures of health and their predictors are compared for short-term (≤24 months) versus longer-term ART adherents (>24 months) in a cohort study. Subjective health is measured as Likert scale self-ra…
“When I receive the message, it is a sign of love”
Mobile health (mHealth) has gained considerable interest recently due to its potential to improve health outcomes in developing countries with high outreach yet low costs. Several studies have explored the use of short message service (SMS) reminders to improve antiretroviral (ARV) retention and adherence, with mixed results. The majority of these studies has a quantitative nature and employs randomized designs, which do not provide further quali…
Building resilience in the chars of Bangladesh
Recent evidence highlights that integrated interventions have sustainable impacts on household welfare. This paper evaluates the ‘Char Development and Settlement Program,’ which targets marginalized, coastal populations of Bangladesh and is implemented by the NGO BRAC, which pioneers integrated programs in over 20 countries. The analysis exploits household panel data (2012, 2016) for over 2500 households living in 11 chars to measure the impact o…
Does accountability enhance service delivery? Assessment of a local scorecard initiative in Uganda
This article assesses whether the Local Government Council’s Scorecard Initiative, implemented in Uganda since 2009, achieved its intended impact of enhancing service delivery by providing information on the performance of local government. We analyse a district-level panel dataset (2005–2016) with administrative data, as well as Afrobarometer data on citizen perceptions (2005–2017). Empirically, we exploit the phasing in of the scorecard for a m…
Evaluating the economic effects of the Ebola virus disease in Liberia
We use the synthetic control method to isolate the impact of the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease epidemic on the Liberian economy. We find a slight initial decline in the unemployment rate, followed by an increase of roughly 1% ( p ‐value ≤5%). The effect on inflation is more substantial (close to a 7% and 18% increase 4 and 5years after the outbreak) but statistically insignificant in the preceding period (2014–2016). We do not identify any other …
Public transfers and crowding-in and -out of private transfers
Study of the Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) to pastoralists in Northern Kenya. • We test whether the shock to household income due to HSNP affects private transfers. • We exploit the RCT set-up of HSNP to control for the endogeneity of income. • Rise in income is associated with a decline (rise) in transfers received (given). • In general, traditional transfer dynamics seem altered due to public programs. In rural areas of developing countries,…
International Collaboration in Times of Pandemics
Better, swifter and more responsive international coordination is needed within our global financial system for the containment of the pandemic and its effects. This requires better international tax coordination with a higher global minimum corporate tax, comprehensive coverage of sectors and firms, inclusion of all current tax havens and more generous redistribution of excess profits to developing nations based on user location. There also need…
Determinants of Intended Return Migration among Refugees
Little is known about whether Syrian refugees intend to return to their origin-country and what affects their return migration intentions. We introduce a theoretical framework for voluntary return, identify the refugees’ decision-making context, and empirically assess the model with a sample of 577 Syrian refugees living in Germany and Turkey in 2018. Three return scenarios were presented in the survey: (i) returning to Syria within two years, (i…
Fertility, electricity and television
In 1960s Pakistan, every woman was giving birth to more than 6 children on average. In 2021, Pakistan still has the second-highest fertility rate in South Asia with every woman giving birth to 3.4 children on average. This paper uses four waves of Demographic and Health Survey data to empirically analyze trends in fertility in Pakistan between 1990 and 2018; accounting for wealth, education and locational differences, this paper looks at three ad…
Schenker against the Pack
Is musical analysis meant to guide performance – or to be based on it? Can a Schenkerian analysis of a piece be corroborated by a performance or an arrangement? This article addresses these questions through a well‐known test case – the first prelude of the first book of Bach's Well‐Tempered Clavier , as analysed by Heinrich Schenker in Five Graphic Analyses . The emphasis is on the hypermetric aspect, which has direct implications for performanc…
Economics (18 obras) · Economic growth (13 obras) · Geography (11 obras) · Demographic economics (10 obras) · Medicine (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (8 obras) · Demography (7 obras) · Population (7 obras)