Steven F Koch
Biographic Data
| ID | 270349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven F Koch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven F |
| FAMILY NAME | Koch |
| SIGNATURE | KOCH S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2097-4027 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Towards accessibility or affordability? Multidimensional energy poverty across the South African urban–rural divide
Basic Needs (in)Security and Subjective Equivalence Scales
Equivalence scales are policy parameters for inequality measurement, tax deductions and subsidies. Thus, their accuracy is relevant both for budgets and social cohesion; however, their measurement is subject to debate regarding the underlying measure of welfare. Self-assessed insecurities in terms of clothing, housing and food—or basic needs—imply that at least some households are at lower levels of welfare than those that are meeting their needs…
The impact of diabetes on labour market outcomes
This study estimates the effect of diabetes on labour market outcomes (employment, unemployment and labour force participation) in South Africa using data from the South African General Household Survey (2018). We first examine the possibility that diabetes status is endogenous through the application of heteroscedasticity-based instruments. Internal instruments meet the underlying diagnostic expectations, but do not consistently accept the endog…
Progressivity of out-of-pocket payments and its determinants decomposed over time
This study estimates progressivity of out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments and their determinants using South African Income and Expenditure Surveys. Concentration is decomposed to examine the effect of household determinants on OOP inequality, shedding light on how progressivity/regressivity is related to changes in the concentration and elasticities of the determinants over time. Our results suggest that actual OOP health expenditures are concen…
Assessing changes in social determinants of health inequalities in South Africa
The extent of employment, location and education inequalities suggests the need for improved health care management and further delivery of education and job opportunities; greater effort in this regard is likely to be more beneficial in some way
Exploring child poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa
This paper develops child-specific multidimensional poverty measures employing data from General Household Surveys (GHSs) of 2002 and 2014, and uses the measures to assess change in child poverty over time. The measures presented draw on the Alkire-Foster methodology. However, it was adapted to include dimensions and indicators, which reflect the unique experiences of children aged 0–17 years, in post-apartheid South Africa. The results indicate …
Catastrophic health payments
We present a revised method for estimating equivalence scales. Such scales are used to adjust household welfare to account for the size of the household, and are used extensively in the application of the World Health Organization's (WHO) methodology for the evaluation of catastrophic health payments. Applications of the WHO method are underpinned by early estimates that do not control for household income, and, therefore, are likely to overstate…
Quasi-experimental evidence on tobacco tax regressivity
Contingent valuation of community forestry programs in Ethiopia
Utilization of focused antenatal care in Zambia
The results suggest that improving the content of care during ANC visits may foster adequate use of ANC and encourage early initiation of ANC visits. Furthermore, health promotion programmes need to further encourage male involvement in pregnant women's decision to seek ANC to encourage adequate use of services.
The Impact of Common Property Right Forestry
Property rights, institutions and choice of fuelwood source in rural Ethiopia
Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in the valuation of community forestry programs
On health insurance and household decisions
Utilization of focused antenatal care in Zambia
The results suggest that improving the content of care during ANC visits may foster adequate use of ANC and encourage early initiation of ANC visits. Furthermore, health promotion programmes need to further encourage male involvement in pregnant women's decision to seek ANC to encourage adequate use of services.
Towards accessibility or affordability? Multidimensional energy poverty across the South African urban–rural divide
The Impact of Common Property Right Forestry
On health insurance and household decisions
Quasi-experimental evidence on tobacco tax regressivity
Basic Needs (in)Security and Subjective Equivalence Scales
Equivalence scales are policy parameters for inequality measurement, tax deductions and subsidies. Thus, their accuracy is relevant both for budgets and social cohesion; however, their measurement is subject to debate regarding the underlying measure of welfare. Self-assessed insecurities in terms of clothing, housing and food—or basic needs—imply that at least some households are at lower levels of welfare than those that are meeting their needs…
Exploring child poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa
This paper develops child-specific multidimensional poverty measures employing data from General Household Surveys (GHSs) of 2002 and 2014, and uses the measures to assess change in child poverty over time. The measures presented draw on the Alkire-Foster methodology. However, it was adapted to include dimensions and indicators, which reflect the unique experiences of children aged 0–17 years, in post-apartheid South Africa. The results indicate …
Catastrophic health payments
We present a revised method for estimating equivalence scales. Such scales are used to adjust household welfare to account for the size of the household, and are used extensively in the application of the World Health Organization's (WHO) methodology for the evaluation of catastrophic health payments. Applications of the WHO method are underpinned by early estimates that do not control for household income, and, therefore, are likely to overstate…
On health insurance and household decisions
Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in the valuation of community forestry programs
Property rights, institutions and choice of fuelwood source in rural Ethiopia
The Impact of Common Property Right Forestry
Contingent valuation of community forestry programs in Ethiopia
Utilization of focused antenatal care in Zambia
The results suggest that improving the content of care during ANC visits may foster adequate use of ANC and encourage early initiation of ANC visits. Furthermore, health promotion programmes need to further encourage male involvement in pregnant women's decision to seek ANC to encourage adequate use of services.
Assessing changes in social determinants of health inequalities in South Africa
The extent of employment, location and education inequalities suggests the need for improved health care management and further delivery of education and job opportunities; greater effort in this regard is likely to be more beneficial in some way
Exploring child poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa
This paper develops child-specific multidimensional poverty measures employing data from General Household Surveys (GHSs) of 2002 and 2014, and uses the measures to assess change in child poverty over time. The measures presented draw on the Alkire-Foster methodology. However, it was adapted to include dimensions and indicators, which reflect the unique experiences of children aged 0–17 years, in post-apartheid South Africa. The results indicate …
Catastrophic health payments
We present a revised method for estimating equivalence scales. Such scales are used to adjust household welfare to account for the size of the household, and are used extensively in the application of the World Health Organization's (WHO) methodology for the evaluation of catastrophic health payments. Applications of the WHO method are underpinned by early estimates that do not control for household income, and, therefore, are likely to overstate…
Quasi-experimental evidence on tobacco tax regressivity
Progressivity of out-of-pocket payments and its determinants decomposed over time
This study estimates progressivity of out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments and their determinants using South African Income and Expenditure Surveys. Concentration is decomposed to examine the effect of household determinants on OOP inequality, shedding light on how progressivity/regressivity is related to changes in the concentration and elasticities of the determinants over time. Our results suggest that actual OOP health expenditures are concen…
The impact of diabetes on labour market outcomes
This study estimates the effect of diabetes on labour market outcomes (employment, unemployment and labour force participation) in South Africa using data from the South African General Household Survey (2018). We first examine the possibility that diabetes status is endogenous through the application of heteroscedasticity-based instruments. Internal instruments meet the underlying diagnostic expectations, but do not consistently accept the endog…
Towards accessibility or affordability? Multidimensional energy poverty across the South African urban–rural divide
Basic Needs (in)Security and Subjective Equivalence Scales
Equivalence scales are policy parameters for inequality measurement, tax deductions and subsidies. Thus, their accuracy is relevant both for budgets and social cohesion; however, their measurement is subject to debate regarding the underlying measure of welfare. Self-assessed insecurities in terms of clothing, housing and food—or basic needs—imply that at least some households are at lower levels of welfare than those that are meeting their needs…
Economics (13 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Public economics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Econometrics (5 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (5 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 works)