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18 February 2014
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April 16, 2018 PDF
Von Fintel, D.P., 2018. Long-run spatial inequality in South Africa: early settlement patterns and separate development. Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 42(2), pp.81-102.
April 16, 2018 PDF
Spaull, N. (2017) Who makes it into PISA? Understanding the impact of sample eligibility using Turkey as a case study (PISA 2003- PISA 2012). OECD Education Working Papers, No. 154, OECD Publishing, Paris. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/41d175fc-en
March 13, 2018 PDF
RESEP hosted researchers from Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) for the Africa RISE–RESEP Conference on Education Research at Stellenbosch University. Over the two day conference, members from the RISE Ethiopia and Tanzania Country Research Teams (CRT) joined researchers from RESEP, as well as other key researchers working on quantitative research on education in Africa.
March 1, 2018 PDF
Investigating the Comprehension Iceberg: Developing empirical benchmarks for early grade reading in agglutinating African languages
RESEP Working Paper Series No.WP01/2018RESEP Working Paper Series No.WP01/2018 Publication date: February 2018 Abstract: The importance of learning to read in mother-tongue is widely acknowledged in the linguistics literature yet…
February 22, 2018 PDF
Leading for literacy: A review of the research
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No.WP03/2018Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No.WP03/2018 Publication date: December 2018 Abstract: A significant body of literature converges on the notion that school leadership and management practices…
February 7, 2018 PDF
Research on development issues in an African context. Analysis of household data sets, with a particular focus on poverty and labour market outcomes.
November 23, 2017 PDF
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 PDF
A review of the research literature on teaching and learning in the foundation phase in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05.2016Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05.2016 Abstract: This document reports the findings of a review of research on teaching and learning at the Foundation Phase…
October 18, 2017 PDF
An Analysis of the Grade 3 Department of Basic Education workbooks as curriculum tools
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06.2016Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06.2016 Abstract: Since 2011 the Department of Basic Education (DBE), has provided all Grade 1 to 6 learners in public…
October 18, 2017 PDF
Language and Grade 4 reading literacy achievement in prePIRLS 2011
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP07.2016Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP07.2016 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to illustrate South African Grade 4 learner reading literacy achievement by utilising…
October 18, 2017 PDF
Governance in the Poorer Public Schools in South Africa from the Perspective of the Parent Governor
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08.2016Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08.2016 Abstract: Elected parent governors constitute the majority on the school governing bodies in South Africa’s public schools, yet their…
October 18, 2017 PDF
Issues in South African Social Security
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2002Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2002 Abstract: This paper, originally written at the time of the political transition, provides an overview of social security issues…
October 17, 2017 PDF
Earnings functions, labour market discrimination and quality of education in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2002Stellenbosch 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,…
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Changing Patterns of South African income distribution: Towards time series estimates of distribution and poverty
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2003Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2003 Abstract: Research on income distribution in South Africa has, for obvious reasons, focused on inter-racial (inter-group) income distribution. Quite…
October 17, 2017 PDF
Household Formation, Poverty and Unemployment – The Case of Rural Households in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2004Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2004 Abstract: The paper examines household formation and composition decisions within the context of risk reduction and risk mitigation strategies…
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