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Cobus Burger

Researcher

Having completed his undergraduate studies at Stellenbosch, Cobus has passed both his Bcomm Honours and Mcomm degrees Cum Laude. In 2011, he was awarded an MSc in Economics of Development from Oxford University. Cobus is enrolled as a PhD candidate at the Department of Economics at the University of Stellenbosch and since 2007 has also worked as a full-time researcher for the RESEP group. In his doctoral dissertation he will attempt to use a discrete dynamic programming approach to investigate the youth unemployment as well as the link between the unobservables in employment and wages in South Africa. His research interests include applied micro-econometrics, treatment effects, labour economics, health, the economics of education, and structural equation modelling.

April 22, 2022 in Cobus Burger, Focus Areas, Health, Health - Publications, Journal Articles, Publications, Research Outputs, Ronelle Burger, Uncategorized

The health impact of free access to antiretroviral therapy in South Africa

Since 2004 the South African government has rolled out free antiretroviral therapy (ART) at public health care facilities nationwide. No prior studies have estimated the impact of the ART…
April 22, 2022 By: Cobus Burger, Ronelle Burger, & Eddy van Doorslaer PDF
March 13, 2022 in Authors, Cobus Burger, Education, Education - Reports & Policy, Martin Gustafsson, Policy Briefs, Reports, Research Outputs, Servaas van der Berg

School Teacher Supply and Demand in South Africa in 2019 and Beyond

This research report was produced for the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Department of Basic Education (DBE). The study was undertaken…
March 13, 2022 By: Servaas van der Berg, Martin Gustafsson, and Cobus Burger 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
March 18, 2019 in Carmen Sue Christian, Cobus Burger, Health, Health 2019, Journal Articles, Publications, Research Outputs, Rulof Burger

Patient predictors of health-seeking behaviour for persons coughing for more than two weeks in high-burden tuberculosis communities: the case of the Western Cape, South Africa

Christian, C., Burger, B., Claassens, C., Bond, V. & Burger, R. (2019). Patient predictors of health-seeking behaviour for persons coughing for more than two weeks…
March 18, 2019 By: Carmen Sue Christian, Cobus Burger, Rulof Burger, Mareli Claassens, Virginia Bond PDF
October 17, 2017 in Cobus Burger, Earlier Working Papers, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Working Papers

The comparability of the Statistics South Africa October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP17/2007 Abstract: Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has been collecting labour market data with household surveys and in a fairly…
October 17, 2017 By: Cobus Burger, Derek Yu PDF
October 17, 2017 in Cobus Burger, Earlier Working Papers, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Working Papers

Sample selection bias and the South African wage function

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP18/2008 Abstract: Conventional wage analyses suffers from a debilitating ailment: since there are no observable market wages for individuals who…
October 17, 2017 By: Cobus Burger PDF
October 17, 2017 in Cobus Burger, Development, Development - Working Papers, Earlier Working Papers, Eldridge Moses, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

The fiscal incidence of provision of free basic water

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2009 Abstract: A policy of free basic services (water, sanitation and electricity) was introduced by the government in 2000 to…
October 17, 2017 By: Cobus Burger, Eldridge Moses, Servaas van der Berg, Ada Jansen, Hassan Essop PDF
October 17, 2017 in Cobus Burger, Development, Development - Working Papers, Earlier Working Papers, Working Papers

Poverty, Inequality and the Role of Social Grants: An Analysis using Decomposition Techniques

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP15/2009 Abstract: Despite South Africa’s transition from apartheid in 1994, the social landscape is still fragmented along racial lines. However,…
October 17, 2017 By: Cobus Burger, Paula Armstrong PDF
October 17, 2017 in 2010, Cobus Burger, Debra Shepherd, Development, Education, Martin Gustafsson, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

The costs of illiteracy in South Africa

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP14/2010 Abstract: In South Africa, there has been a surge in publicly funded adult literacy education in recent years. There…
October 17, 2017 By: Cobus Burger, Debra Shepherd, Martin Gustafsson, Servaas van der Berg PDF
October 16, 2017 in 2011, Cobus Burger, Education, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

Modelling cognitive skills, ability and school quality to explain labour market earnings differentials

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2011 Abstract: Attempts to explain wage differences between race groups in South Africa are constrained by the fact that quality…
October 16, 2017 By: Cobus Burger, Servaas van der Berg PDF