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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 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
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
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 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
Education for justice

Author: Kearney, P. Date: 28 May 2015 Justice Read more
Education: The rural poor: The delusion of basic education

Author: Smith, B. Date: 28 May 2015 Education, poverty Read more
Educational expenditure in South Africa: Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study

Author: Branson, Nicola; Kekana, Dineo; Lam, David Date: 28 May 2015 Differential education expenditure by racial group was a pillar in the architecture of apartheid. School systems diverged by racial group, with large funding and curriculum differences (Fiske and Ladd, 2004). In 1994, spending on white learners ... Read more
Educational inheritance and the distribution of occupations: Evidence from South Africa

Author: Keswell, Malcolm; Girdwood, Sarah; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: 28 May 2015 We analyse the role of educational opportunity in shaping inequality in the distribution of occupations in the long-run. We start by modelling the probability that a child occupies the same or a different rung on the occupational ladder as ... Read more
Educational inheritance and the distribution of occupations: Evidence from South Africa

Author: Keswell, Malcolm; Girdwood, Sarah; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: 28 May 2015 We analyze the role of educational opportunity in shaping inequality in the distribution of occupations in the long run. We use the timing of political events in the history of the struggle to end Apartheid to devise an identification strategy ... Read more
Educational reform in Tanzania: Schools, skills and social transformation

Author: Samoff, J. Date: 28 May 2015 Educational reform, Tanzania Read more
Educational television in Bophutatswana: Documentation and social assessment of the 'Edutel' project

Author: Cowan, W D Date: 1991 Read more
Effects and limitations of Gazankulu's care groups in the prevention of diseases of poverty

Author: Sutter, E. Date: 28 May 2015 Health care, Gazankulu Read more
Effects of household shocks and poverty on the timing of traditional male circumcision and HIV risk in South Africa

Author: Venkataramani, Atheendar; Maughan-Brown, Brendan Date: 28 May 2015 Poverty may influence HIV risk by increasing vulnerability to economic shocks and thereby preventing key health investments. We explored this by examining the relationship between household shocks and the timing of traditional male circumcision, ... Read more

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