Synthesis Report for the Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development (PSPPD) This research report provides an overview of a large research project undertaken by a…
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, accountability, socioeconomic status, and school effectiveness. Policy application is one of the central aims of the research.
Education
Teacher pay in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP26/2010Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP26/2010 Abstract: The role of teachers in achieving good quality education is universally acknowledged. What is less clear is what…
Constraints to school effectiveness: what prevents poor schools from delivering results?
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05/2011Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05/2011 Abstract: The poor state of quality education in South Africa is confirmed by the weak performance of South African…
Quantitative and qualitative aspects of education in South Africa: An analysis using the National Income Dynamic Study
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06/2011Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06/2011 Abstract: Based on a graphical and statistical analysis of the National Income Dynamic Study (NIDS), this paper provides a…
Quality of education and the labour market: A conceptual and literature overview
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP07/2011Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP07/2011 Abstract: In South Africa earnings inequality between races still persists despite the convergence of educational attainment between races. There…
Modelling cognitive skills, ability and school quality to explain labour market earnings differentials
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2011Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2011 Abstract: Attempts to explain wage differences between race groups in South Africa are constrained by the fact that quality…
The when and how of leaving school: The policy implications of new evidence on secondary schooling in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP09/2011Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP09/2011 Abstract: South African and international household and education datasets are analysed to characterise patterns of dropping out, grade repetition,…
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP10/2011 Abstract: For many poor South African children, who are predominantly located in the historically disadvantaged part of the school…
A Preliminary Analysis of SACMEQ III South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2011Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2011 Abstract: The many and varied links between student socio-economic status and educational outcomes have been well documented in the…
Numeric competence, confidence and school quality in the South African wage function: towards understanding pre-labour market discrimination
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP12/2011Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP12/2011 Abstract: Highly convex estimates of average returns to education commonly found in South Africa are usually rationalised as being…
How well do South African schools convert grade 8 achievement into matric outcomes?
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2011Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2011 Abstract: School retention in South Africa and performance in the major school-leaving matric examination are characterised by significant inequalities…
The unintended consequences of education policies on South African participation and unemployment
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2012Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2012 Abstract: In the late 1990s the South African Department of Education implemented two policies that were meant to reduce…
More countries, similar results. A nonlinear programming approach to normalising test scores needed for growth regressions
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP12/2012Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP12/2012 Abstract: Analysts such as Hanushek and Woessman have brought to the fore the deceptiveness of education enrolments, or years…
Poverty & Privilege: Primary School Inequality in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2012Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2012 Abstract: Although racial segregation has been abolished for 18 years now, schools which served predominantly White students under apartheid…
“Effective enrolment” – Creating a composite measure of educational access and educational quality to accurately describe education system performance in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP21/2012Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP21/2012 Abstract: In this paper we question the existing practice of reporting enrolment statistics that ignore quality, but also quality-statistics…
Graduate unemployment in South Africa: A much exaggerated problem.
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP22/2012Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP22/2012 Abstract: Increasing reference in the media and public discussions to high and rising levels of graduate unemployment in the…
The gap between school enrolments and population in South Africa: Analysis of the possible explanations.
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP23/2012Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP23/2012 Abstract: In South Africa, like in many developing countries, the differences between enrolment totals, estimated by the education authorities,…
The effects of rapidly expanding primary school access on effective learning: The case of Southern and Eastern Africa since 2000
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2013Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2013 Abstract: Have recent expansions of access to primary schooling in African countries led to deterioration in the quality of…
The first five years project – a cohort study of students awarded NSFAS loans in the first five years 2000-2004
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2013Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2013 This study was commissioned by NSFAS to use available data to arrive at a picture that would reflect the…
Measuring the option value of education
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP15/2013Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP15/2013 Abstract: Many recent descriptive studies find convex schooling-earnings profiles in developing countries. In these countries forward-looking students should attach…