An Overview of the 8th Annual QER Conference (21-22 August 2024)
From 21-22 August 2024, Resep hosted its 8th annual Quantitative Education Research (QER) conference at STIAS, Stellenbosch. Among the more…
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Resep quantitative analysis course in the economics of education
RESEP has recently hosted a week-long introductory course on Quantitative Data Analysis in the Economics of Education. This course aimed to equip researchers in the…
July 12, 2024 PDF
Assessment matters: What can we understand about the National Senior Certificate results during COVID-19 from university entrance exams?
In this research note, Emma Whitelaw and Nicola Branson from the University of Cape Town (UCT), examine the association between National Senior Certificate (NSC) performance…
May 25, 2024 PDF
Research on Socioeconomic Policy (RESEP) is a group of scholars and students interested in issues of poverty, income distribution, social mobility, economic development and social policy. Based at the Department of Economics at the University of Stellenbosch. The team is lead by Servaas van der Berg, whose position as the Chair in the Economics of Social Policy since 2008, has lead to the further consolidation of research within these areas.
The Teacher Demographic Dividend (TDD) project addresses South Africa’s need for teachers as half of the current teachers will retire by 2035. Over three years (2022-2024), the project aims to model teacher demand and supply, assess the impact of retirements on education, and identify opportunities for improvement, producing numerous research outputs. It involves 27 researchers from various universities, research organizations, consultancies, and the Department of Basic Education.
Recent Papers
The latest working papers, publications, reports and policy briefs by RESEP researchers.
From 21-22 August 2024, Resep hosted its 8th annual Quantitative Education Research (QER) conference at STIAS, Stellenbosch. Among the more than 100 attendees were academics,…
September 16, 2024 PDF
Resep quantitative analysis course in the economics of education
RESEP has recently hosted a week-long introductory course on Quantitative Data Analysis in the Economics of Education. This course aimed to equip researchers in the…
July 12, 2024 PDF
Repetition and dropout in South Africa before, during and after COVID-19
In this research report, Gabrielle Wills and Jess Qvist collate existing and new evidence on grade repetition and school dropout in South Africa before, during…
January 15, 2024 PDF
COVID-19 and inequality in reading outcomes in South Africa: PIRLS 2016 and 2021
In this Covid-Generation working paper, Bianca Böhmer and Gabrielle Wills contribute new evidence on pandemic effects on reading scores and inequalities in reading in South…
December 23, 2023 PDF
Ongoing Projects
The Teacher Demographic Dividend (TDD) project looks at the challenge of replacing older teachers, but it also offers the opportunity to renew the teaching workforce.…
July 26, 2023 PDF
This project is a collaboration between Stellenbosch University, Theewaterskloof municipality and Western Cape Department of Human Settlements. The aim is to use upward and downward…
August 11, 2021 PDF
This project is linked to the Early Learning Programme (ELP) and uses data from the Readership and Literacy project but is also supplemented by others…
October 22, 2020 PDF
Team
RESEP (Research on Socio-Economic Policy)
RESEP is a group of researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Stellenbosch.
Funding
RESEP has received funding for its research from various organisations and governments. In recent years, funding for research has been provided by, amongst others, Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies, FEM Education Fund, the Epoch & Optima Trusts, The UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); UNICEF offices in South Africa, Namibia and Eswatini; Zenex Foundation, Tshikululu Social Investments, PSPPD (Presidency/European Union) and the National Research Foundation (NRF).
