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…
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A major focus of RESEP labour research is to produce robust quantitative analysis on issues of unemployment and (minimum) wages, the teaching profession, and labour market decision making.
Publications: Labour
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…
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Using household surveys for deriving labour market, poverty and inequality trends in South Africa
Ph.D. Thesis (2012)Supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Institution: Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Economics Abstract: In order to evaluate the extent…
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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…
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Trends on the hours worked of the employed, 1997 – 2011
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP15/2012Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP15/2012 Abstract: This paper analyses trends in hours worked from South African household survey data for the period 1997 –…
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Youths in the South African labour market since the transition: A study of changes between 1995 and 2011
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP18/2012Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP18/2012 Abstract: The persistently high unemployment rate has always been one of the most pressing socio-economic problems of the South…
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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…
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Youth unemployment in South Africa since 2000 revisited
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2013Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2013 Abstract: One of the most pressing socio-economic problems of the South African economy is high youth unemployment. Recent studies…
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The success of learnerships? Lessons from South Africa’s training and education programme
UNU-WIDER Working Paper Series No. WP2014/068UNU-WIDER Working Paper Series No. WP2014/068 Abstract: Vocational training programmes, like South Africa’s learnership programme, which combine classroom learning and on-the-job training seem like the…
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The effect of schooling on worker productivity: Evidence from a South African industry panel
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2014Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2014 Publication date: 2014 Abstract: Schooling is typically found to be highly correlated with individual earnings in African countries. However,…
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The Effects of Teacher Strike Activity on Student Learning in South African Primary Schools
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2014Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2014 Publication date: 2014 Abstract: This paper investigates whether teacher strikes affect student achievement at the primary school level in…
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A profile of the labour market for school principals in South Africa: Evidence to inform policy
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP12.2015Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP12.2015 Publication date: 2015 Abstract: In the past decade there has been a notable shift in South African education policy…
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Rising unemployment amongst South Africa’s new generation
Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 04/2010Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 04/2010 Abstract: The policy brief studies unemployment between 1995 and 2007. The analysis is unique because it uses a pooled version…
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Abstract Unemployment in South Africa has multiple causes. This article uses a district pseudo-panel to estimate the elasticity of labour demand, labour supply and…
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Abstract Internal migration in South Africa has a strong gender dimension. Historically, the apartheid‐era migrant labour system meant that predominantly black African men moved…
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Abstract This paper analyses the economic viability of slavery in the Cape Colony in southern Africa. It has been extensively documented that the affluence…
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Abstract The institutional literature emphasizes local conditions in explaining divergent colonial development. We posit that this view can be enriched by an important supply‐side…
June 15, 2014 PDF
Abstract Losing a household member is usually negatively associated with welfare, especially if that person is a breadwinner. Coping methods include disposal of assets…
May 15, 2013 PDF
Abstract Earnings functions form the basis of numerous labour market analyses. Non-response (particularly among higher earners) may, however, lead to the exclusion of a…
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