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Early childbearing, human capital attainment and mortality risk

Author: Ardington, Cally; Menendez, Alicia; Mutevedzi, Tinofa Date: 28 May 2015 This paper uses a rich longitudinal dataset to examine the relationship between teen fertility and both subsequent educational outcomes and mortality risk in rural South Africa. Human capital deficits among teen mothers are large and significant, ... Read more
Earnings and Employment Dynamics for Africans in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Panel Study of Kwa Zulu-Natal

Author: Cichello, Paul L. ; Fields, Gary S. ; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: May 2003 The labour market is central in determining individual and household well-being in South Africa. Therefore, an understanding of earnings and employment dynamics is a key policy issue. However, the absence of panel data has constrained empirical ... Read more c b n a
Earnings volatility in South Africa

Author: Ranchhod, Vimal Date: 28 May 2015 How much volatility is there in earnings in South Africa? The South African labour market has been shown to be a key determinant of welfare, both in terms of poverty and inequality. These are a function of both the high levels of unemployment ... Read more
The ebb and flow of child health policy development in South Africa: Three case studies reflecting the role of the CI in shaping child health policy in South Africa

Author: Shung-King, Maylene Date: Dec 2006 Read more c b n d
Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa

Author: Geffen, Nathan Date: 2006 A major factor hampering the rollout of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) for HIV/AIDS in the public health sector is state support of pseudo-science. This paper examines state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa with a ... Read more c b n d
Echoes of Lysenko: state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa

Author: Geffen, Nathan Date: 2006 A major factor hampering the rollout of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) for HIV/AIDS in the public health sector is state support of pseudo-science. This paper examines state-sponsored pseudo-science in South Africa with a ... Read more c b n d
Econometric methods and Reichenbach's principle

Author: Muller, Sean Date: 28 May 2015 Reichenbach's 'principle of the common cause' is a foundational assumption of some important recent contributions to quantitative social science methodology but no similar principle appears in econometrics. Reiss (2005) has argued that the ... Read more
Economic analysis of Eskoms's energy-efficient lighting programme for low-income households

Author: Clark, Alix Date: 1997 Read more
Economic and demographic functioning of rural households: Mahlabatini District, KwaZulu

Author: Gandar, M.V.; Bromberger, N. Date: 28 May 2015 Poverty, household strategies, Kwazulu Read more
Economic costs of energy services in South African cities

Author: Thorne, Steve Date: 1997 Read more
Economic impacts of climate change in South Africa: A preliminary assessment of unmitigated damage costs

Author: Turpie, J ; Winkler, H ; Spalding-Fecher, R ; Midgley, G Date: Feb 2002 This study aimed to provide a preliminary desktop estimate of the economic impacts of climate change in South Africa, based on the findings of the Vulnerability and Adaptation Study for the South African Country Study on Climate Change (1999). ... Read more
Economics and the backlash against AIDS-specific funding

Author: Nattrass, Nicoli ; Gonsalves, Gregg Date: 2009 There is a growing backlash against AIDS-related funding on the grounds that too many resources have been allocated to the AIDS response, especially to antiretroviral treatment (ART). Proponents claim that health systems have been undermined, ... Read more c b n d
Economists versus the Street: Comparative Viewpoints on Barriers to Self-employment in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Author: Cichello, Paul ; Mncube, Liberty ; Oosthuizen, Morne ; Poswell, Laura Date: Dec 2011 What prevents the unemployed in Khayelitsha, South Africa from trying self-employment? Perceptions of a small group of academic economists are presented and compared to the perceptions of unemployed Khayelitsha residents themselves. Read more c b n a
The economy and poverty in the twentieth century in South Africa

Author: Nattrass, Nicoli ; Seekings, Jeremy Date: 2010 The South African economy experienced substantial growth and change over the course of the twentieth century. By the time of Union in 1910, gold-mining on the Witwatersrand had already and rapidly transformed what had been a peripheral ... Read more c b n d
EDRC case study two: the post electrification of Loskop

Author: Hansmann, Clare ; van Gass, Maria ; Annecke, Wendy ; Despins, Paula M ; Kargas, Stavros Date: 28 Jun 1996 Read more
Education and inequality: The South African case

Author: Branson, Nicola; Garlick, Julia; Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: 28 May 2015 Following the international literature, income inequality decompositions on data from contemporary South Africa show that the labour market is the key driver of overall household inequality. In order to understand one of the channels driving ... Read more
Education and poverty: Some perspectives

Author: Nasson, B. Date: 28 May 2015 Poverty, education Read more
Education and Socio-Economic Differentials: A Study of School Performance in the Western Cape

Author: van der Berg, Servaas ; Burger, Ronelle Date: Mar 2003 Not surprisingly, the education system is widely perceived to be the major tool to overcome human capital and labour market inequalities in South Africa. This paper asks how well the education system accomplishes this goal. The first part of ... Read more c b n a
Education and training in the homelands: A separate development

Author: de Clercq, F. Date: 28 May 2015 Education, training Read more
Education and youth unemployment in South Africa

Author: Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray; Mlatsheni, Cecil Date: 28 May 2015 The problem of high youth unemployment is a global phenomenon. According to an International Labour Office study in 2004, youth (15-24) make up nearly half (47%) of the world"s unemployed, 88 million out of 186 million, even though youth are ... Read more