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Working Papers

2023

1. Investigating inequality trends in Africa: ACEIR research and the WIID
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2022

2. Measuring rural households and electricity access: A comparison of national census data and small-area health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) data
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

2021

3. Creating household weights for NIDS-CRAM
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
4. Reweighting the OHS and GHS to improve data quality: representativeness, household counts, and small households
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
   See also Journal Article Reweighting the OHS and GHS to improve data quality: Representativeness, household counts, and small households, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa (2022) (2022)

2020

5. Does the choice of balance-measure matter under Genetic Matching?
   Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa
   See also Journal Article Does the choice of balance-measure matter under genetic matching?, Empirical Economics, Springer (2021) (2021)

2019

6. Changes in South African well-being between 2008/9 and 2014/15: The evidence from expenditure and asset data
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
7. Earnings and employment microdata in South Africa
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (6)

2018

8. Household formation and service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt sub-district 1992-2012
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
   See also Journal Article Household formation and service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt sub-district 1992–2012, Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) (2020)
9. The top tail of South Africa's earnings distribution 1993-2014: Evidence from the Pareto distribution
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (2)

2017

10. Economics and Transformation: Measurements, Models, Maths and Myths
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (1)
11. Measurement of earnings: Comparing South African tax and survey data
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (12)
12. Public sector wages and employment in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (7)

2016

13. Aiming for a moving target: The dynamics of household electricity access in a developing context
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
14. Are South African consumers arm-chair environmentalists? Implications for renewable energy
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (4)
15. Changes in self-employment in the agricultural sector, South Africa: 1994-2012
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (2)

2015

16. Does tenure insecurity explain the variations in land-related investment decisions in rural Ethiopia?
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
17. How Does Human Capital Shape the Social Contract?
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (3)
18. Measuring Inequality by Asset Indices: A general approach with application to South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Measuring Inequality by Asset Indices: A General Approach with Application to South Africa, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2017) View citations (24) (2017)
19. Problems with SWIID: the case of South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Problems with SWIID: the case of South Africa, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2015) View citations (11) (2015)

2014

20. Analysis of employment, real wage, and productivity trends in South Africa since 1994
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization View citations (11)
21. Union selection effects - some inconsistent models
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
22. Wages and wage inequality in South Africa 1994-2011: The evidence from household survey data
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (6)

2013

23. Job Creation and Destruction in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Job Creation and Destruction in South Africa, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa (2014) View citations (18) (2014)
24. Non-monetary dimensions of well-being: A comment
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Non-monetary dimensions of well-being: A comment, Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
25. Sampling methodology and field work changes in the october household surveys and labour force surveys
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Sampling methodology and fieldwork changes in the October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys, Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (7) (2015)
26. The measurement of earnings in the post-Apartheid period: An overview
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (4)

2011

27. Re-weighting South African National Household Survey Data to create a consistent series over time: A cross entropy estimation approach
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Reweighting South African National Household Survey Data to Create a Consistent Series Over Time: A Cross-Entropy Estimation Approach, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa (2014) View citations (14) (2014)
28. The Weight of Success: The Body Mass Index and Economic Well-being in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (1)

2009

29. Estimating expenditure impacts without expenditure data using asset proxies
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
    See also Journal Article Estimating expenditure impacts without expenditure data using asset proxies, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2011) View citations (6) (2011)
30. Lazy Rotten Sons? Relatedness, gender and the intra-household allocation of work and leisure in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (4)
31. Sample Survey Calibration: An Informationtheoretic perspective
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (3)
32. Weighing the value of Asset Proxies: The case of the Body Mass Index in South Africa
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (5)

2008

33. Nonparametric estimation when income is reported in bands and at points
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa

2007

34. Dissecting post-apartheid labour market developments: Decomposing a discrete choice model while dealing with unobservables
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa View citations (1)
35. Restructuring of Households in Rural South Africa: Reflections on Average Household Size in the Agincourt Sub-district 1992-2003
    SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (3)
36. Testing for a common latent variable in a linear regression
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)

2005

37. Testing for a common latent variable in a linear regression: Or how to "fix" a bad variable by adding multiple proxies for it
    SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
38. The school day in South Africa
    SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (7)

2004

39. The mystery of South Africa's ghost workers in 1996: measurement and mismeasurement in the manufacturing census, population census and October Household Surveys
    SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article THE MYSTERY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S GHOST WORKERS IN 1996: MEASUREMENT AND MISMEASUREMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING CENSUS, POPULATION CENSUS AND OCTOBER HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa (2004) View citations (6) (2004)

2001

40. Conflictual intra-household allocations
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Research Program in Development Studies. View citations (1)
41. Interpretation of Regressions with Multiple Proxies
    Econometrics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2001) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Interpretation of Regressions with Multiple Proxies, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2006) View citations (103) (2006)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Reweighting the OHS and GHS to improve data quality: Representativeness, household counts, and small households
   South African Journal of Economics, 2022, 90, (4), 513-534
   See also Working Paper Reweighting the OHS and GHS to improve data quality: representativeness, household counts, and small households, SALDRU Working Papers (2021) (2021)

2021

2. Does the choice of balance-measure matter under genetic matching?
   Empirical Economics, 2021, 61, (1), 489-502
   See also Working Paper Does the choice of balance-measure matter under Genetic Matching?, Working Papers (2020) (2020)
3. Union wage premia and wage inequality in South Africa
   Economic Modelling, 2021, 97, (C), 255-271 View citations (10)

2020

4. Household formation and service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt sub-district 1992–2012
   Development Southern Africa, 2020, 37, (4), 708-726
   See also Working Paper Household formation and service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt sub-district 1992-2012, SALDRU Working Papers (2018) (2018)
5. The labor market in South Africa, 2000–2017
   IZA World of Labor, 2020, 475

2017

6. Aiming for a Moving Target: The Dynamics of Household Electricity Connections in a Developing Context
   World Development, 2017, 97, (C), 14-26 View citations (5)
7. Measuring Inequality by Asset Indices: A General Approach with Application to South Africa
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63, (4), 706-730 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper Measuring Inequality by Asset Indices: A general approach with application to South Africa, SALDRU Working Papers (2015) View citations (6) (2015)
8. Wages and Wage Inequality in South Africa 1994–2011: Part 1 – Wage Measurement and Trends
   South African Journal of Economics, 2017, 85, (2), 279-297 View citations (21)
9. Wages and Wage Inequality in South Africa 1994–2011: Part 2 – Inequality Measurement and Trends
   South African Journal of Economics, 2017, 85, (2), 298-318 View citations (16)

2015

10. Problems with SWIID: the case of South Africa
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2015, 13, (4), 673-677 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Problems with SWIID: the case of South Africa, SALDRU Working Papers (2015) View citations (12) (2015)
11. Sampling methodology and fieldwork changes in the October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys
    Development Southern Africa, 2015, 32, (5), 603-612 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Sampling methodology and field work changes in the october household surveys and labour force surveys, SALDRU Working Papers (2013) View citations (3) (2013)

2014

12. Job Creation and Destruction in South Africa
    South African Journal of Economics, 2014, 82, (1), 1-18 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Job Creation and Destruction in South Africa, SALDRU Working Papers (2013) View citations (5) (2013)
13. Reweighting South African National Household Survey Data to Create a Consistent Series Over Time: A Cross-Entropy Estimation Approach
    South African Journal of Economics, 2014, 82, (1), 19-38 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Re-weighting South African National Household Survey Data to create a consistent series over time: A cross entropy estimation approach, SALDRU Working Papers (2011) View citations (5) (2011)

2013

14. Determinants of Black Women's Labour Force Participation in Post-Apartheid South Africa
    Journal of African Economies, 2013, 22, (3), 347-374 View citations (5)
15. Non-monetary dimensions of well-being: A comment
    Development Southern Africa, 2013, 30, (6), 826-829 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Non-monetary dimensions of well-being: A comment, SALDRU Working Papers (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
16. The Weight of Success: The Body Mass Index and Economic Well-Being in Southern Africa
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2013, 59, S62-S83 View citations (8)

2011

17. Estimating expenditure impacts without expenditure data using asset proxies
    Economics Letters, 2011, 110, (2), 122-125 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Estimating expenditure impacts without expenditure data using asset proxies, SALDRU Working Papers (2009) (2009)

2010

18. An introduction to maximum entropy and minimum cross-entropy estimation using Stata
    Stata Journal, 2010, 10, (3), 315-330 View citations (15)

2009

19. The Intra-Household Allocation of Work and Leisure in South Africa
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2009, 93, (1), 159-164 View citations (5)

2008

20. TO PREY OR NOT TO PREY? WELFARE AND INDIVIDUAL LOSSES IN A CONFLICT MODEL1
    South African Journal of Economics, 2008, 76, (2), 239-265

2007

21. THE MEASUREMENT OF EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN SOUTH AFRICA USING COHORT ANALYSIS, 1994‐20041
    South African Journal of Economics, 2007, 75, (2), 313-326 View citations (15)

2006

22. Interpretation of Regressions with Multiple Proxies
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88, (3), 549-562 View citations (103)
    See also Working Paper Interpretation of Regressions with Multiple Proxies, Econometrics (2001) View citations (4) (2001)
23. RESEARCH NOTE: ERRORS IN THE OCTOBER HOUSEHOLD SURVEY 1994 AVAILABLE FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN DATA ARCHIVE1
    South African Journal of Economics, 2006, 74, (4), 766-768 View citations (1)

2004

24. THE MYSTERY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S GHOST WORKERS IN 1996: MEASUREMENT AND MISMEASUREMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING CENSUS, POPULATION CENSUS AND OCTOBER HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
    South African Journal of Economics, 2004, 72, (5), 1003-1022 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper The mystery of South Africa's ghost workers in 1996: measurement and mismeasurement in the manufacturing census, population census and October Household Surveys, SALDRU/CSSR Working Papers (2004) View citations (5) (2004)

2002

25. JOB SEARCH IN SOUTH AFRICA: A NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSIS*
    South African Journal of Economics, 2002, 70, (8), 1163-1196 View citations (8)

Chapters

2016

1. The Social Pension and Time Allocation in Poor South African Households
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)