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Chloé van Biljon

Researcher

Chloé completed her BBusSc in Actuarial Science through the University of Cape Town in 2014. As a part of her degree, she collaborated with GRS Actuarial Consulting in Stellenbosch on a research project and has since been employed by GRS as an Actuarial Consultant. At GRS she is involved in calculating losses for third-party claims (predominantly for the Road Accident Fund), using and developing statistical models linking education and income progression, and researching with Popii (Population Income Information).

She continued her studies in Economics at the University of Stellenbosch, where she is currently involved in a Master’s programme. Her main focuses are Developmental Economics and the Economics of Education and Healthcare. Her Master’s thesis will concern hospital performance measured using health outcomes. Chloé has been involved as a Researcher with RESEP since June 2015.

December 19, 2024 in Chloé van Biljon, Chris van Wyk, Education, Education - Reports & Policy, News and Opinion, Policy Briefs, Reports, Servaas van der Berg

The impact of the 2023 Back-on-Track Programme on learning: A Report to the Western Cape Education Department

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) 2023 Back-on-Track (BoT) initiative is proving to be a groundbreaking step towards…
December 19, 2024 By: Servaas van der Berg, Chris van Wyk & Chloé van Biljon PDF
December 21, 2019 in 2019, Chloé van Biljon, Cobus Burger, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2019, Research Outputs, Working Papers

The period effect: the effect of menstruation on absenteeism of school girls in Limpopo

This paper will aim to answer three questions: (1) Are girls absent from school during their periods? (2) If so, how large is the effect…
December 21, 2019 By: Chloé van Biljon, Cobus Burger PDF
July 19, 2018 in 2018, Chloé van Biljon, Dieter von Fintel, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Labour 2018, Research Outputs, Working Papers

Bargaining to work: the effect of female autonomy on female labour supply

Stellenbosch 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 By: Chloé van Biljon, Dieter von Fintel, Atika Pasha PDF
July 16, 2018 in 2017, Chloé van Biljon, Development, Development - Working Papers, Development 2017, Research Outputs, Working Papers

The effect of old age pensions on child deprivation: revisiting the role of gender

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2017 Publication date: October 2017 Abstract: Existing work suggests that the South African state old age pension, through, increasing female…
July 16, 2018 By: Chloé van Biljon PDF
April 29, 2017 in Anja Smith, Chloé van Biljon, Health, Health - Publications, Health 2017, Journal Articles, Publications, Research Outputs, Ronelle Burger

South Africa’s hospital sector: old divisions and new developments

  Abstract The hospital sector in South Africa mirrors deep inequalities in the country as a whole. The private, for-profit hospital sector is well resourced…
April 29, 2017 By: Anja Smith, Chloé van Biljon, Ronelle Burger, Shivani Ranchod, Cheryl Adams, Angeliki Carvounes, Kathryn Dreyer, Jacqui Stewart PDF