Roland Pongou, David Shapiro, Michel Tenikue, Author at N-IUSSP

Health and mortality

Missing twins and twin-singleton mortality convergence in Sub-Saharan Africa

March 10, 2021February 3, 2020 Roland Pongou, David Shapiro and Michel Tenikue

Africa, Children, Mortality, twins

Substantial literature documents that twins have higher mortality than singletons, but does not address whether this twin disadvantage eventually disappears, and if so, at what age. Roland Pongou, David Shapiro … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Women’s schooling, child mortality, and fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

June 10, 2021November 20, 2017 David Shapiro and Michel Tenikue

Africa, child mortality, Children, Mortality

Over time, women’s educational attainment in sub-Saharan Africa has been increasing (Barro and Lee, 2013), while infant and child mortality have been decreasing (United Nations, 2015). Both changes have contributed … Read more