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.
Working Papers
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
A Multidimensional Analysis of Poverty in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP03/2004Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP03/2004 Abstract: This paper sets out the reasoning behind the fuzzy set approach to poverty measurement as a means to…
Trends in poverty and inequality since the political transition
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2005Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2005 Abstract: Using a constructed data series and another data series based on AMPS (the All Media and Products Survey),…
Examining the Robustness of Competing Explanations of Slow Growth in African Countries
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP03/2006Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP03/2006 Abstract: This research challenges previous findings regarding the robustness of the African growth dummy by expanding the list of…
Returns to Race: Labour Market Discrimination in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2006Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2006 Abstract: This paper empirically assesses the impact of post-1994 policy making on racial discrimination in the South African labour…
How effective are poor schools? Poverty and educational outcomes in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06/2006Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06/2006 Abstract: Massive differentials on achievement tests and examinations reflect South Africa’s divided past. Improving the distribution of educational outcomes…
Earnings bracket obstacles in household surveys – How sharp are the tools in the shed?
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2006Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2006 Abstract: Earnings functions form the basis of numerous labour market analyses. Non-response (particularly among higher earners) may, however, lead…
Educational attainment and intergenerational social mobility in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP09/2006Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP09/2006 Abstract: To a large degree, the notoriously high levels of income inequality in South Africa have their roots in…
Wage trends in post-apartheid South Africa: Constructing an earnings series from household survey data
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP10/2006Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP10/2006 Abstract: This paper examines South African wage earnings trends using all the available post-1994 household survey datasets. This allows…
The South African poor white problem in the early 20th century: Lessons for poverty today
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP14/2006Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP14/2006 Abstract: The causes of the poor white problem, first noted at a Dutch Reformed Church Synod in 1886, were…
Using the hierarchical linear model to understand school production in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2007Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2007 Abstract: The emphasis placed in the existing South African school production function literature on better skilled teachers and better…
Consumption patterns and the black middle class: The role of assets
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2007Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2007 Abstract: Black consumption patterns differ from those of whites, even when considering income levels and household size. This applies…