Education

RESEP education research has a strong emphasis on empirical research in a broad range of policy-related issues including teacher knowledge and training, early-childhood outcomes, account- ability, socioeconomic status and school effectiveness. Policy application is one of the central aims of the research.

Labour

RESEP conducts leading quantitative research in the area of the Labour Economics. Our research in this area covers a range of topics, including labour market earnings, earnings inequality, labour demand, reservation wages, job-seeking behaviour, informal sector activity, employment, unemployment, and other labour market outcomes within South and Southern Africa.

Development

RESEP conducts leading quantitative research in the area of the Development Economics. Our research in this area covers a range of topics, including poverty and multidimensional poverty analyses, income inequality, social mobility, household formation and dynamics, demographic analysis, fiscal incidence, NGOs, and governance and accountability in South Africa.

Health

The focus of the content on this page is on the economics of health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Here you’ll find the most recent research publications, working papers and policy briefs produced by RESEP researchers. In some instances, this work dates back to more ten years.