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The ‘Martha Effect’: The compounding female advantage in South African higher education

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP14/2017 Publication date: November 2017 Abstract: In this paper we use population-wide panel data to follow every South African student…

July 16, 2018 By: Nic Spaull, Hendrik van Broekhuizen PDF

The effect of neighbourhoods and school quality on education and labour market outcomes in South Africa

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2017 Publication date: September 2017 Abstract: This study evaluates the relative importance of family, neighbourhood and school quality in explaining…

July 16, 2018 By: Asmus Zoch PDF

Succeeding against the odds: A quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of IkamvaYouth

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05/2017 Publication date: June 2017 Abstract: The work presented here is essentially an update to the previous evaluation conducted by…

July 16, 2018 By: Servaas van der Berg PDF

What do you mean by ‘good’? The search for exceptional primary schools in South Africa’s no-fee school system

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP16/2017 Publication date: December 2017 Abstract: This paper describes a rigorous data collection process to find and verify the quality…

July 16, 2018 By: Gabrielle Wills PDF

Rotten apples or just apples and pears? Understanding patterns consistent with cheating in international test data

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP17/2017 Publication date: December 2017 Abstract: The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) programme has succeeded…

July 16, 2018 By: Martin Gustafsson PDF

RESEP report on flows from matric to, and through, university enriching debate around student fees

Recent research looking at “higher education access and outcomes for the 2008 national matric cohort”, by Hendrik van Broekhuizen, Servaas van der Berg and Heleen Hofmeyr of Stellenbosch University are colouring the debate around student fees in South Africa with in-depth analysis that are attracting welcome interest.

November 6, 2017 By: RESEP Team PDF

Earnings functions, labour market discrimination and quality of education in South Africa

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2002 Abstract: Education is a key determinant of earnings, as several South African studies have confirmed. Years of schooling completed,…

October 17, 2017 By: Doubell Chamberlain PDF

The performance of low fee independent schools in South Africa – What can available data tell?

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2017 Publication date: January 2017 Abstract: This study uses a unique dataset to investigate university access, throughput, and dropout for…

October 16, 2017 By: Chris van Wyk, Marlies Piek, Ronelle Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Janeli Kotzé, Kate Rich PDF

Education 2017

The ‘Martha Effect’: The compounding female advantage in South African higher education

The effect of neighbourhoods and school quality on education and labour market outcomes in South Africa

Succeeding against the odds: A quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of IkamvaYouth

What do you mean by ‘good’? The search for exceptional primary schools in South Africa’s no-fee school system

Rotten apples or just apples and pears? Understanding patterns consistent with cheating in international test data

RESEP report on flows from matric to, and through, university enriching debate around student fees

Earnings functions, labour market discrimination and quality of education in South Africa

The performance of low fee independent schools in South Africa – What can available data tell?

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