World Bank commissioned RESEP paper now available
A paper by RESEP’s Servaas van der Berg and Heleen Hofmeyr, titled “An incomplete transition – overcoming the legacy of exclusion in South Africa”, is now available on the World Bank’s website.
Instructional leadership and academic performance: Eastern Cape educators’ perceptions and quantitative evidence
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2018 Publication date: July 2018 ...
Using satellite data to track socio-economic outcomes: a case study of Namibia
Efforts to improve the livelihoods of the poor in sub-Saharan Africa are hindered by data deficiencies. Surveys on socio-economic outcomes, for example, are generally conducted infrequently and are only statistically representative for relatively large geographic areas
Bridging the intention-behavior gap? The effect of plan-making prompts on job search and employment
We test the effects of plan-making on job search and employment. In a field experiment with unemployed youths, participants who complete a detailed job search plan increase the number of job applications submitted (15%) but not the time spent searching, consistent with intention-behavior gaps observed at baseline.
Integrating Indicators of Education Quantity and Quality in Six Francophone African Countries
Research and policy-making in education have historically focused on quantitative measures of education when assessing the state of education across countries.
Understanding the sharp primary level enrolment increases beginning in 2011
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2018 Publication date: May 2018 ...
Does education enhance productivity in smallholder agriculture? Causal evidence from Malawi
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05/2018 Publication date: March 2018 ...
Bargaining to work: the effect of female autonomy on female labour supply
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2018 Publication date: March 2018 ...
Home background and schooling outcomes in South Africa: Insights from the National Income Dynamics Study
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2018 Publication date: January 2018 ...
The ‘Martha Effect’: The compounding female advantage in South African higher education
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP14/2017 Publication date: November 2017 ...
