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Working Papers

2024

1. Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa's electricity crisis
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
   See also Journal Article Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2025) (2025)

2023

2. Can Cash Transfers to the Unemployed Support Economic Activity? Evidence from South Africa
   Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit
   Also in Working Paper, Agence française de développement (2023)
3. The effect of wage subsidies on job retention in a developing country: Evidence from South Africa
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)
4. Wage Subsidies and Job Retention in a Developing Country: Evidence from South Africa
   Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit
5. Wages and Wage Inequality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa
   Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (1)

2022

6. Expansion and Diversification in the MER Sector: Results from an Enterprise Survey
   Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit
7. The effect of wage subsidies on job retention: Evidence from South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)

2021

8. COVID-19 and the labour market: Estimating the employment effects of South Africa’s national lockdown
   Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit
9. Can cash transfers aid labour market recovery? Evidence from South Africa’s special COVID-19 grant
   Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (1)
10. Mind the gap: The distributional effects of South Africa’s national lockdown on gender wage inequality
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (2)
11. The Potential Employment Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies: The Case of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit
12. Wage subsidies and COVID-19: The distribution and dynamics of South Africa's TERS policy
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit
    See also Journal Article Wage subsidies and COVID-19: The distribution and dynamics of South Africa’s TERS policy, Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2020

13. COVID-19, social protection, and the labour market in South Africa: Are social grants being targeted at the most vulnerable?
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (5)
14. Jobs and COVID-19: Measuring Work-Related Physical Interaction
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (2)
15. Social assistance during South Africa’s national lockdown: Examining the COVID-19 grant, changes to the Child Support Grant, and post-October policy options
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (7)
16. Socioeconomic Status and Class Size in South African Secondary Schools
    Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
17. The Economics of Covid-19 in South Africa: Early Impressions
    Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (6)

2019

18. Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation: Investigating the existence of the environmental Kuznets curve for local and global pollutants in South Africa
    Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The labour market effects of cash transfers to the unemployed: Evidence from South Africa
   World Development, 2025, 188, (C)
2. Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis
   Energy Economics, 2025, 142, (C)
   See also Working Paper Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa's electricity crisis, WIDER Working Paper Series (2024) (2024)

2023

3. Lockdown stringency and employment formality: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
   Journal for Labour Market Research, 2023, 57, Article 3 View citations (3)
   Also in Journal for Labour Market Research, 2023, 57, (1), 1-28 (2023) View citations (3)

2022

4. Class size and learner outcomes in South African schools: The role of school socioeconomic status
   Development Southern Africa, 2022, 39, (2), 126-150 View citations (1)
5. Wage subsidies and COVID-19: The distribution and dynamics of South Africa’s TERS policy
   Development Southern Africa, 2022, 39, (5), 689-721 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Wage subsidies and COVID-19: The distribution and dynamics of South Africa's TERS policy, Working Papers (2021) (2021)