It’s been a while in the making, but we are very excited to announce that the day has finally arrived: RESEP’s new website is now live!
September 5, 2018 PDF
Working Papers
RESEP’s most recent policy briefs are now available for download.
September 5, 2018 PDF
Exploring how school leaders promote literacy improvements
Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 06/2018The performance of South African learners in reading comprehension is extremely poor. The Progress in International Literacy and Reading Study (2016) highlighted that by the…
September 4, 2018 PDF
School leadership and local learning contexts in South Africa
Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 05/2018The role of the school principal in South African schools has evolved. No longer are they only seen as managers and administrators; they are also…
September 4, 2018 PDF
Structural inequalities in school leadership and management across South African schools
Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 04/2018In the National Development Plan strengthening the quality of school leadership and management was identified as a priority to support improvements in South African basic…
September 4, 2018 PDF
The possibility of improvements despite a lack of existing high-quality no-fee primary schools
Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 03/2018The low quality of South African schooling has been widely confirmed through international tests of mathematics and literacy. The 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy…
September 4, 2018 PDF
Creating reading fluency benchmarks in African languages
Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 02/2018Learning to read for meaning is the most important skill that children learn in primary school. If a child cannot read well, then they will…
September 4, 2018 PDF
Academic resilience in challenging school contexts in South Africa
Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 01/2018Poverty is considered a risk factor that jeopardizes children’s academic performance. Yet even in high poverty contexts there are students who manage to achieve consistently…
September 4, 2018 PDF
Unicef Namibia and the Namibian Ministry of Gender Equity and Child Welfare engaged RESEP to conduct this study. Dr. Chris van Wyk advised and assisted the Ministry with undertaking the survey and then a larger RESEP team analysed the data.
August 11, 2018 PDF
In 2018, RESEP was contracted by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) via the National Skills Fund to draft an Investment Trends report.
August 1, 2018 PDF
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.
July 23, 2018 PDF
Instructional leadership and academic performance: Eastern Cape educators’ perceptions and quantitative evidence
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2018Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2018 Publication date: July 2018 Abstract: This study aims to explore the experiences and perceptions of school educators on how…
July 19, 2018 PDF
Using satellite data to track socio-economic outcomes: a case study of Namibia
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP12/2018Efforts 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
July 19, 2018 PDF
Bridging the intention-behavior gap? The effect of plan-making prompts on job search and employment
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2018We 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.
July 19, 2018 PDF
Integrating Indicators of Education Quantity and Quality in Six Francophone African Countries
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP09/2018Research and policy-making in education have historically focused on quantitative measures of education when assessing the state of education across countries.
July 19, 2018 PDF
Understanding the sharp primary level enrolment increases beginning in 2011
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2018Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2018 Publication date: May 2018 Abstract: Enrolments at the primary level in South Africa increased sharply from around 2011. Over…
July 19, 2018 PDF
Does education enhance productivity in smallholder agriculture? Causal evidence from Malawi
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05/2018Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05/2018 Publication date: March 2018 Abstract: Malawi is a low-income country where the majority of the poor live and work…
July 19, 2018 PDF
Bargaining to work: the effect of female autonomy on female labour supply
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2018Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2018 Publication date: March 2018 Abstract: Female labour supply is an important outcome for measuring gender equality and is therefore…
July 19, 2018 PDF
Home background and schooling outcomes in South Africa: Insights from the National Income Dynamics Study
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2018Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2018 Publication date: January 2018 Abstract: Patterns of poverty and inequality in South Africa are largely sustained by differential educational…
July 19, 2018 PDF
The ‘Martha Effect’: The compounding female advantage in South African higher education
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP14/2017Stellenbosch 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 PDF
