Author:Meth, CharlesDate:Dec 2004Simulations suggest that under the most optimistic conditions, halving the official rate of unemployment would require 3.7 million jobs to be created between 2004 and 2014. Halving the number of expanded unemployed under pessimistic assumptions ...Read morecbna
Author:Smith, KarenDate:2014Africa has been, and continues to be, marginalised in both the practice and study of international relations (IR). However, in light of the increased influence of the emerging powers on the continent, and Africa’s improved pro- spects for ...Read more
Author:Kelly, GabrielleDate:Jul 2016Using the framework of street-level bureaucracy theory, this paper examines the work of medical doctors in assessing eligibility for disability grants (DGs) in South Africa. Observations of doctor-patient encounters showed that, despite the ...Read morecbnd
Author:Pirouz, FarahDate:Oct 2005This paper seeks to investigate how the demography of households relates to individual labour market outcomes. We comprehensively examine household size and structures in the October Household Surveys 1995, 1997, 1999 and the Labour Force ...Read morecbna
Author:Burger, Ronelle; Grobler, ChristelleDate:Jun 2007Since 1994 there have been a number of radical changes in the public health care system in South Africa. Budgets have been reallocated, decision making was decentralised, the clinic network was expanded and user fees for primary health care ...Read morecbna
Author:Branson, Nicola; Ardington, Cally; Leibbrandt, MurrayDate:This paper analyzes the effect of being born to a teen mother on child health outcomes in South Africa using propensity score reweighting. Exploiting the longitudinal nature of the Cape Area Panel Study, we estimate the probability of being ...Read more
Author:Anne, Case; Alicia, Menendez; Cally, ArdingtonDate:2005We examine patterns of health seeking behaviour prior to death among 1282 individuals who lived in the Umkhanyakude District of Northern KwaZuluNatal. Information on the health care choices of these individuals, who died between January 2003 ...Read morecbnd
Author:Case, Anne; Menendez, Alicia; Ardington, CallyDate:28 May 2015We examine patterns of health seeking behaviour prior to death among 1282
individuals who lived in the Umkhanyakude District of Northern KwaZulu-
Natal. Information on the health care choices of these individuals, who died
between January ...Read more
Author:Ardington, Cally; Case, AnneDate:06 Jun 2017Health status and socioeconomic status are important determinants of individuals’ wellbeing. Information on income alone, or on health alone, provides a less complete picture. Better health can lead to higher income, and higher income can ...Read more
Author:Ardington, Cally; Case, AnneDate:06 Jun 2017Health status and socioeconomic status are important determinants of individuals’ wellbeing. Information on income alone, or on health alone, provides a less complete picture. Better health can lead to higher income, and higher income can ...Read more
Author:Ardington, Cally; Gasealahwe, BoingotloDate:28 May 2015This report examines the health data from the second wave of the NIDS with a view to assessing the strengths and weakness of the data and highlighting the potential of the NIDS panel for the analysis of the relationship between health status ...Read more