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Rulof Burger

Researcher and Associate Professor

Rulof is a senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University and a research associate in the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University.

Rulof completed Master’s degrees in Economics at Stellenbosch and Cambridge Universities, and a doctorate at Oxford University. His research has focussed primarily on applying micro-econometric techniques to answer South African labour market questions.

April 22, 2021 in Authors, Focus Areas, Health, Health - Publications, Journal Articles, Publications, Research Outputs, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger

Testing an Incentive-Based and Community Health Worker Package Intervention to Improve Maternal Health and Nutrition Outcomes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

In order to address South Africa’s maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rates, patient and community-level preventable factors need to be identified and addressed. However,…
April 22, 2021 By: Laura Rossouw, Rulof Burger, & Ronelle Burger PDF
November 12, 2019 in Health, Health - Publications, Health 2019, Journal Articles, Publications, Research Outputs, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger

An Incentive-Based and Community Health Worker Package Intervention to Improve Early Utilization of Antenatal Care: Evidence from a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

Rossouw, L., Burger, R.P. and Burger, R., 2019. An Incentive-Based and Community Health Worker Package Intervention to Improve Early Utilization of Antenatal Care: Evidence from…
November 12, 2019 By: Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Laura Rossouw 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
July 19, 2018 in 2018, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Labour 2018, Research Outputs, Rulof Burger, Working Papers

Bridging the intention-behavior gap? The effect of plan-making prompts on job search and employment

We test the effects of plan-making on job search and employment. In a field experiment with unemployed youths, participants who complete a detailed job search…
July 19, 2018 By: Rulof Burger PDF
July 16, 2018 in 2017, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Labour 2017, Research Outputs, Rulof Burger, Working Papers

The value of reference letters

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06/2017 Publication date: June 2017 Abstract: We show that reference letters from former employers alleviate information asymmetries about workers’ skills…
July 16, 2018 By: Rulof Burger PDF
October 17, 2017 in Development, Earlier Working Papers, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

Trends in poverty and inequality since the political transition

Stellenbosch 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),…
October 17, 2017 By: Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Megan Louw, Derek Yu PDF
October 17, 2017 in Earlier Working Papers, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Rulof Burger, Working Papers

Returns to Race: Labour Market Discrimination in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Stellenbosch 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…
October 17, 2017 By: Rulof Burger, Rachel Jafta PDF
October 17, 2017 in Earlier Working Papers, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Research Outputs, Rulof Burger, Working Papers

Wage trends in post-apartheid South Africa: Constructing an earnings series from household survey data

Stellenbosch 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…
October 17, 2017 By: Rulof Burger, Derek Yu PDF
October 17, 2017 in Development, Development - Working Papers, Earlier Working Papers, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

A series of national accounts-consistent estimates of poverty and inequality in South Africa

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP09/2007 Abstract: This paper makes a unique contribution to the South African literature in combining data from an alternative source…
October 17, 2017 By: Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Megan Louw, Derek Yu PDF
October 17, 2017 in Dieter von Fintel, Earlier Working Papers, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Labour 2017, Rulof Burger, Working Papers

Determining the Causes of the Rising South African Unemployment Rate: An Age, Period and Generational Analysis

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP24/2009 Abstract: This paper takes advantage of the wealth of cross-sectional household surveys conducted after South Africa’s political transition, in…
October 17, 2017 By: Dieter von Fintel, Rulof Burger PDF
October 16, 2017 in 2010, Education, Education - Working Papers, Labour, Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

Teacher pay in South Africa

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP26/2010 Abstract: The role of teachers in achieving good quality education is universally acknowledged. What is less clear is what…
October 16, 2017 in 2012, Dieter von Fintel, Education, Labour, Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Working Papers

The unintended consequences of education policies on South African participation and unemployment

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2012 Abstract: In the late 1990s the South African Department of Education implemented two policies that were meant to reduce…
October 16, 2017 in 2013, Education, Education - Working Papers, Education 2013, Research Outputs, Rulof Burger, Working Papers

Measuring the option value of education

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP15/2013 Abstract: Many recent descriptive studies find convex schooling-earnings profiles in developing countries. In these countries forward-looking students should attach…
October 16, 2017 By: Rulof Burger, Francis Teal PDF
October 16, 2017 in 2014, Education, Education 2014, Labour, Labour - Working Papers, Labour 2014, Rulof Burger, Working Papers

The effect of schooling on worker productivity: Evidence from a South African industry panel

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2014 Publication date: 2014 Abstract: Schooling is typically found to be highly correlated with individual earnings in African countries. However,…
October 16, 2017 By: Rulof Burger, Francis Teal PDF
October 16, 2017 in Dieter von Fintel, Labour, Labour - Reports & Policy, Labour 2017, Policy Briefs, Research Outputs, Rulof Burger

Rising unemployment amongst South Africa’s new generation

Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 04/2010 Abstract: The policy brief studies unemployment between 1995 and 2007. The analysis is unique because it uses a pooled version…
October 16, 2017 By: Dieter von Fintel, Rulof Burger PDF
October 16, 2016 in Research Outputs, Rulof Burger, Theses, Theses 2016

Graduate unemployment, Higher Education access and success, and teacher production in South Africa

Candidate: Hendrik van Broekhuizen Supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Co-supervisor: Doctor Rulof Burger Institution: Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Economics Abstract: In…
October 16, 2016 By: Rulof Burger, Hendrik van Broekhuizen (Candidate) PDF
August 14, 2016 in Research Outputs, Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Theses, Theses 2016

Measuring social and economic mobility in South Africa: New approaches to well-known survey data concerns

Candidate: Amus Zoch Supervisor: Doctor Rulof Burger Co-supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Institution: Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Economics   Abstract: The…
August 14, 2016 By: Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Amus Zoch (Candidate) PDF
October 16, 2015 in Marisa von Fintel, Research Outputs, Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Theses, Theses 2015

Social Mobility and Cohesion in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Candidate:  Marisa von Fintel Supervisor: Professor Servaas van der Berg Co-supervisor: Doctor Rulof Burger Institution: Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Department of Economics Abstract: Twenty years…