Abstract This study explores the important relationship between policy variables that represent a school’s human resources and product variables in the form of student…
April 26, 2014 PDF
Working Papers
Abstract The importance of reading literacy as a foundation for academic success is widely acknowledged. What is less well understood is why gender patterns…
April 23, 2014 PDF
Abstract: The strong legacy of apartheid and the consequent correlation between education and wealth have meant that, generally speaking, poorer South African students perform…
October 25, 2013 PDF
In December 2012 the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in the Presidency in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) commissioned an…
October 4, 2013 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 Analysts such as Hanushek and Woessman have brought to the fore the deceptiveness of education enrolments, or years of schooling, in growth regressions…
May 10, 2013 PDF
Abstract Just more than one hundred years after the implementation of the 1913 Land Act, the subject of land reform and rural development are…
March 15, 2013 PDF
Understanding poverty and inequality in Mozambique: the role of education and labour market status
Thesis (PhD)—University of Stellenbosch, 2012PhD Thesis Candidate: Carlos da Maia Supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Institution: Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Economics Abstract This thesis deals…
October 16, 2012 PDF
Using household surveys for deriving labour market, poverty and inequality trends in South Africa
Thesis (PhD)—Stellenbosch University, 2012.Candidate: Kwan Cheung Derek Yu Supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Institution: Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Economics Abstract: In order to evaluate…
August 15, 2012 PDF
Book Summary Experts from the global North and South analyse the implications of economic crises on children, with a particular focus on the emerging evidence…
July 9, 2012 PDF
Aspects of the economics of water management in urban settings in South Africa, with a focus on Cape Town
Thesis (PhD)—Stellenbosch University, 2012.PhD Thesis Candidate: Ada Isobel Jansen Supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Institution: Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Economics Abstract…
June 14, 2012 PDF
Abstract The arrival of European settlers at the Cape in 1652 marked the beginning of what would become an extremely unequal society. Comparative analysis reveals…
June 10, 2012 PDF
Abstract The paper reviews some of the existing economics of education literature from the perspective of South Africa’s education policymaking needs. It also puts…
May 10, 2012 PDF
Abstract Inefficiency in the South African public health sector contributes significantly to the country’s relatively poor health outcomes, yet it is poorly understood and…
May 2, 2012 PDF
Child poverty in South Africa and the performance of the Child Support Grant programme
Thesis (PhD)—Stellenbosch University, 2011.PhD Thesis Candidate: Judith Streak Supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Institution: Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Economics Abstract: One of the…
October 16, 2011 PDF
Improving the well-being of the poor through microfinance: evidence from the Small Enterprise Foundation in South Africa
Thesis (PhD)—University of Stellenbosch, 2011PhD Thesis Candidate: Maria Albertina Kirsten Supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Co-supervisor: Professor Andrie Schoombee Institution: Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Economics…
October 16, 2011 PDF
Abstract Although Van Riebeeck already produced the first wine at the Cape in 1659, the arrival of French Huguenots during 1688/89 gave considerable impetus…
May 10, 2011 PDF
Abstract The intent of this study is to understand both direct and indirect resource effects in the context of a mass education system in…
April 26, 2011 PDF
Abstract We investigate links between students’ achievement and several resource inputs in African primary schools, using data from the 2000 Southern and Eastern Africa…
April 26, 2011 PDF
Abstract The arrival of European settlers at the Cape in 1652 marked the beginning of what would seemingly become an extremely unequal society, with…
April 10, 2011 PDF
