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Germano Mwabu is affiliated with the University of Nairobi in Kenya and works primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their research contributions extend to various subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum, with significant focus on:

  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Agricultural risk and resilience

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Germano Mwabu include:

  • "Poverty Reduction through Growth, Redistribution and Social Inclusion in Times of COVID-19: Kenyan Evidence on the Underlying Mechanisms" (2022), Journal of African Economies
  • "The Nexus between Poverty, Inequality and Growth: A Case Study of Cameroon and Kenya" (2023), Journal of African Economies

The following additional publications are frequently associated with their co-authors or related research networks, showing thematic and regional overlaps:

  • "The present value of human life losses associated with COVID-19 in South Africa" (2022), Journal of Global Health Economics and Policy
  • "Mobile Payments, Demographics and Firm Performance in Kenya" (2021), European Scientific Journal ESJ
  • "The present value of human life losses associated with COVID-19 and likely cost savings from vaccination in Kenya" (2023), F1000Research

Germano Mwabu frequently collaborates with several scholars in the field, including:

  • Damiano Kulundu Manda
  • Joses Muthuri Kirigia
  • Martine Odhiambo Oleche
  • Boniface Ngah Epo
  • Francis Menjo Baye

The primary venues for the publication of Germano Mwabu's work include:

  • Economies
  • Journal of African Economies
  • Health Economics
  • African Development Review
  • Journal of Global Health Economics and Policy

Best Publications

  • Quality of Medical Care and Choice of Medical Treatment in Kenya An Empirical Analysis

    Germano Mwabu;Martha Ainsworth;Andrew Nyamete

  • Health care decisions at the household level: results of a rural health survey in Kenya.

    Germano M. Mwabu

  • User charges in government health facilities in Kenya: effect on attendance and revenue

    Germano Mwabu;James Mwanzia;Wilson Liambila

  • Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption

    Ronald Lee;Andrew Mason

  • Experimental evidence on scaling up education reforms in Kenya

    Tessa Bold;Mwangi Kimenyi;Germano Mwabu;Alice Ng’ang’a

  • Scaling-up what works: experimental evidence on external validity in Kenyan education

    T. Bold;M. Kimenyi;G. Mwabu;A. Ng'ang'a

  • Labor unions and the distribution of wages and employment in South Africa

    T. Paul Schultz;Germano Mwabu

  • The Effect of Agricultural Extension on Farm Yields in Kenya

    Robert E. Evenson;Germano M. Mwabu

  • Health Economics for Low-Income Countries

    Germano Mwabu

  • The Production of Child Health in Kenya: A Structural Model of Birth Weight

    Germano Mwabu

  • Rural Development, Growth and Poverty in Africa

    Germano M. Mwabu;Erik Thorbecke

  • Determinants of health insurance ownership among South African women

    Joses M Kirigia;Luis G Sambo;Benjamin Nganda;Germano M Mwabu

  • Farm technology adoption in Kenya: a simultaneous estimation of inorganic fertilizer and improved maize variety adoption decisions

    Maurice J Ogada;Germano Mwabu;Diana Muchai

  • Adoption and continued use of improved maize seeds: Case study of Central Ethiopia

    Motuma Tura;Dejene Aredo;Wondwossen Tsegaye;Roberto La Rovere

  • Determinants of Poverty in Kenya: A Household Level Analysis

    Alemayehu Geda;Niek de Jong;Germano Mwabu;Mwangi Kimenyi

  • Intrahousehold Allocations: a Review of Theories and Empirical Evidence

    John Strauss;Germano Mwabu;Kathleen Beegle

  • Human Capital Externalities and Private Returns to Education in Kenya

    Damiano Kulundu Manda;Germano Mwabu;Mwangi S. Kimenyi

  • Wage Premiums for Education and Location of South African Workers, by Gender and Race

    Germano M. Mwabu;T. Paul Schultz

  • A Situational Analysis of Poverty in Kenya

    Kimenyi;G Mwabu;DK Manda;NN Nafula

  • The Effects of Agricultural Extension on Farm Yields in Kenya

    Robert E. Evenson;Germano Mwabu

Frequent Co-Authors

Joses Muthuri Kirigia
Joses Muthuri Kirigia World Health Organization
Arne Bigsten
Arne Bigsten University of Gothenburg
Augustin Kwasi Fosu
Augustin Kwasi Fosu University of Ghana
T. Paul Schultz
T. Paul Schultz Yale University
Robert E. Evenson
Robert E. Evenson Yale University
Tim Miller
Tim Miller University of Queensland
Paul H. Schultz
Paul H. Schultz University of Notre Dame
Ronald Lee
Ronald Lee University of California, Berkeley
Erik Thorbecke
Erik Thorbecke Cornell University
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Ramanan Laxminarayan Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

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