Wild Frederik

Coastal Proximity and Individual Living Standards: Econometric Evidence from Geo-Referenced Household Surveys Publication Archived

We investigate geo-referenced household-level data consisting of up to 206,896 individuals living in 21,826 localities across 28 sub-Saharan African countries over 20 years. We analyse the relevance of coastal proximity as a predictor of in...

A Perspective on Secondary Effects of the Spread of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa Article Archived

Coronavirus-Lockdowns, Secondary Effects and Sustainable Exit-Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa Publication Archived

Pandemics and the reactions to pandemics increase the general problem of scarcity.Scarcity induced trade-offs are particularly relevant for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa as (1) the region suffers from numerous other diseases whose death t...