Research

Working papers

Risk and social preferences predict risky sexual behaviour amongst youth in a high HIV-prevalence setting (with Matteo Galizzi, Louisa Moorhouse, Constance Nyamukapa and Timothy Hallett)

The impact of universal testing and treatment for HIV on productivity – causal evidence from the HPTN 071 (PopART) Trial (with Julius Ohrnberger, Katharina Hauck, Richard Hayes and PopART Study Team) – under review

Work in progress

Do large public investments in health reduce agricultural labour absenteeism? Evidence using administrative data from sugarcane fields in Southern Mozambique. (with Laia Cirera and Elisa Sicuri)

Access to medical services in childhood and later life outcomes: Evidence from post-apartheid South Africa

Selected publications

Thomas R., Probert W., Sauter R., et al. Cost and cost-effectiveness of a universal HIV testing and treatment intervention in Zambia and South Africa: Evidence and projections from the HPTN 071(PopART) Trial. The Lancet Global Health. 2021 Volume 9, Issue 5, e668-e680.

Morton A, Arulselvan A, Thomas RA, 2018, Allocation Rules for Global Donors. Journal of Health Economics, Vol:58, ISSN:0167-6296, Pages:67-75

Thomas RA, Burger R, Harper A, et al., 2017, Differences in health-related quality of life between HIV-positive and HIV-negative people in Zambia and South Africa: a cross-sectional baseline survey of the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial. The Lancet Global Health, Vol:5, ISSN:2214-109X, Pages:e1133-e1141

Morton A, Thomas R., Smith P, 2016, Decision rules for allocation of finances to health systems strengthening, Journal of Health Economics, Vol: 49, Pages: 97-108, ISSN: 0167-6296

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