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Working Papers

2024

1. Labour Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

2023

2. South African student retention during 2020: Evidence from system wide higher education institutional data
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
3. What can we understand about learning losses in 2020 from university application and enrolment data?
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

2021

4. The role of employment history and age during COVID-19: Understanding 2020 South African employment dynamics in historical context
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

2020

5. Estimating the effect of racial classification on labour market outcomes: A case study from Apartheid South Africa
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
6. Labour market dynamics in South Africa in the time of COVID-19: Evidence from wave 1 of the NIDS-CRAM survey
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (8)
7. Locked down and locked out: Repurposing social assistance as emergency relief to informal workers
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (9)
8. The effects of credit rationing on re-enrollment rates at a University in South Africa
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

2019

9. Measuring employment volitility in South Africa using NIDS: 2008 - 2017
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (3)

2017

10. Household responses to the cessation of grant income: The case of South Africa's Old Age Pension
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (1)

2016

11. Estimating the size and impact of Affirmative Action at the University of Cape Town
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
12. Patterns of persistence: Intergenerational mobility and education in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (8)
13. Socio-economic correlates with the prevalence and onset of diabetes in South Africa: Evidence from the first four waves of the National Income Dynamics Study
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
14. Vulnerability and the Middle Class in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (6)

2015

15. Estimating the Effects of South Africa's Youth Employment Tax Incentive – An Update
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (6)

2014

16. Estimating the short run effects of South Africa's Employment Tax Incentive on youth employment probabilities using a difference-in-differences approach
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (7)

2013

17. Earnings volatility in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (6)
18. Genuine Fakes: The prevalence and implications of fieldworker fraud in a large South African survey
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (6)

2012

19. Inequality Traps and Human Capital Accumulation in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (6)

2011

20. Estimating the effect of adolescent fertility on educational attainment in Cape Town using a propensity score weighted regression
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (14)
21. Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    Also in SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town (2010) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (69) (2012)
22. Inequality Traps in South Africa: An overview and research agenda
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (1)

2010

23. Measuring the impact of Educational Interventions on the Academic Performance of Academic Development Students in Second-Year Microeconomics
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
    See also Journal Article MEASURING THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDENTS IN SECOND-YEAR MICROECONOMICS, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa (2012) (2012)

2009

24. Estimating the Responsiveness of College Applications to the Likelihood of Acceptance and Financial Assistance: Evidence from Texas
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
    See also Journal Article Estimating the responsiveness of college applications to the likelihood of acceptance and financial assistance: Evidence from Texas, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2010) View citations (16) (2010)
25. Household responses to adverse income shocks: Pensioner out-migration and mortality in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (4)
26. The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise on College Choice
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
    See also Journal Article The effects of the Kalamazoo Promise on college choice, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2010) View citations (16) (2010)

2007

27. Labour Market Transitions in South Africa: What can we learn from matched Labour Force Survey data?
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (7)

2005

28. Labour force withdrawal of the elderly in South Africa
    SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (9)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa
   Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99, (1), 27-45 View citations (69)
   See also Working Paper Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa, CEPR Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)
2. MEASURING THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDENTS IN SECOND-YEAR MICROECONOMICS
   South African Journal of Economics, 2012, 80, (3), 431-448
   See also Working Paper Measuring the impact of Educational Interventions on the Academic Performance of Academic Development Students in Second-Year Microeconomics, SALDRU Working Papers (2010) (2010)

2010

3. Estimating the responsiveness of college applications to the likelihood of acceptance and financial assistance: Evidence from Texas
   Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (1), 104-115 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Estimating the Responsiveness of College Applications to the Likelihood of Acceptance and Financial Assistance: Evidence from Texas, SALDRU Working Papers (2009) (2009)
4. The effects of the Kalamazoo Promise on college choice
   Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (5), 722-737 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise on College Choice, SALDRU Working Papers (2009) (2009)

2006

5. THE EFFECT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN OLD AGE PENSION ON LABOUR SUPPLY OF THE ELDERLY
   South African Journal of Economics, 2006, 74, (4), 725-744 View citations (38)