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Same thoughts on farm management, labour and productivity

Author: Elliot, R. Date: 28 May 2015 Farm labour Read more
Sample Survey Calibration: An Information theoretic perspective

Author: Wittenberg, Martin Date: 28 May 2015 We show that the pseudo empirical maximum likelihood estimator can be recast as a calibration estimator. The process of estimating the probabilities pk of the distribution function can be done also in a maximum entropy framework. We suggest ... Read more
Sample survey of squatters in Unibell, September 1977

Author: Maree, J.; Cornell, J. Date: 28 May 2015 Informal settlements Read more
Sampling methodology and field work changes in the October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys

Author: Kerr, Andrew; Wittenberg, Martin Date: 28 May 2015 The 1999 October Household Survey was the first time that Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) introduced a master sample of Enumeration Areas (Stats SA, 2000a). There were several important changes in sampling and field worker practice that ... Read more
Sardine projections based on constant catch scenarios.

Author: de Moor, Carryn Date: 2019 Short term projections of the sardine resource are considered under alternative constant catch scenarios. Baseline results suggest that 2019 catch and bycatch scenarios totalling up to 23 000t would not have a substantial negative 1-year ... Read more
Savings and Savers: An Analysis of Saving Behaviour among Cape Town's Poor

Author: Esson, Ross Date: 28 May 2015 This paper analyses the characteristics of low-income savers in a working class residential area of Cape Town. It uses the Khayelitsha and Mitchell's Plain Survey that was conducted in 2000. The survey was done at both a household and individual ... Read more
Savings, Insurance and Debt over the Post-Apartheid Period: A Review of Recent Research

Author: Ardington, Cally; Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray; Levinsohn, James Date: 28 May 2015 Sustainable poverty reduction requires that poor households effectively manage risk. The absence of basic financial services is a major obstacle to poverty reduction in South Africa. This paper reviews available South African literature on ... Read more
School Enrolment and the Child Support Grant: Evidence from South Africa

Author: Eyal, Katherine; Woolard, Ingrid Date: 28 May 2015 The extension of the Child Support Grant in South Africa to all children aged 17 or under gives the opportunity to evaluate this type of social transfer and its effect on school enrolment. Using exogenous variation in the fraction of life ... Read more
School health services. Problems and prospects

Author: Buch, E. Date: 28 May 2015 School health services Read more
Schooling as a lottery: Racial differences in school advancement in urban South Africa

Author: Lam, David; Ardington, Cally; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: 28 May 2015 This paper develops a stochastic model of grade repetition to analyze the large racial differences in progress through secondary school in South Africa. The model predicts that a larger stochastic component in the link between learning and ... Read more
SCRL OMP-2019 simulation testing and initial development proposals

Author: Johnston, Susan ; Butterworth, Doug S Date: 2019 This document sets out the details of the process proposed to be used for projecting the 2018 assessment forwards and generating future pseudo-data in the simulation testing to be applied in the development of a new SCRL OMP-2019. Read more
Second Carnegie Inquiry into poverty and develoment in South Africa

Author: Templeton, A.B. Date: 28 May 2015 Poverty Read more
Second set of robustness tests conducted for OMP2018

Author: Ross-Gillespie, Andrea ; Butterworth, Doug S Date: Nov 2018 Results are provided for a further 24 robustness tests for OMP2018. All tests have been conducted for the RC OM, and most do not have an appreciable impact on the assessment and projection results. The tests with the biggest impact were ... Read more
Self-assessed well-being: Analysis of the NIDS Wave 1 and 2 Datasets

Author: Posel, D. Date: 28 May 2015 Most nationally representative household surveys in South Africa collect data on money-metric measures of well-being (income and expenditure), which are then used to generate statistics on poverty and inequality. However, these measures may ... Read more
Sequential regression multiple imputation for incomplete multivariate data using Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Author: Lacerda, M.; Ardington, Cally; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: 28 May 2015 This paper discusses the theoretical background to handling missing data in a multivariate context. Earlier methods for dealing with item non-response are reviewed, followed by an examination of some of the more modern methods and, in particular, ... Read more
Sexual Risk Taking Among Young Adults in Cape Town: Effects of Expected Health and Income

Author: Bezabih, Mintewab; Mannberg, Andrea; Visser, Martine Date: 28 May 2015 The wide prevalence of HIV in Africa has long been associated with seemingly irrational levels of sexual risk taking. Hence understanding the rationale behind risky sexual behavior is critical for designing effective prevention policies. This ... Read more
Shattering the myths about U.S. trade policy

Author: Edwards, Lawrence; Lawrence, Robert Date: 28 May 2015 “As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats,” declared U.S. President John F. Kennedy several times during the 1960s. That picturesque metaphor encapsulates the assumptions underlying America’s trade policy since the ... Read more
Shayamoya high density development solar water heater feasibility study

Author: Energy and Development Group Date: 2000 Read more
Shifts in catch-at-length proportions for the Tristan group lobster fisheries

Author: Johnston, Susan ; Butterworth, Doug S Date: 2019 This document examines the shifts in catch-at-length proportions for the Tristan group rock lobster fisheries. Read more
Shocks, Assets and Credit

Author: Keswell, Malcolm; Burns, Justine Date: 06 Jun 2017 Well functioning credit and insurance markets, in many respects, obviates the need for public policy that is oriented at providing support to households when they face economic hardship. But when the market for cheap informal credit is ... Read more

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