I24 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: I24

Education and Inequality

Prof Andreas Wörgötter on addressing current and persisting challenges in South Africa’...

At a time when tensions are rising due to growing inequality and un...

Andreas Wörgötter

Podcast

Part 2: Recovery policies and labour utilization

The discussion is based on two research papers: and Addressing low...

Matthew Simmonds, Witness Simbanegavi, Sherwin Gabriel, Romain A. Duval, Murray Leibbrandt, Andreas Wörgötter

Dialogue

Dr Neryvia Pillay Bell on the Fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa:...

In this podcast Dr Neryvia Pillay Bell, a Policy Associate at ERSA ...

Neryvia Pillay Bell

Podcast

Private schools and student learning achievements in Kenya

This papers examines the effect of private schools on literacy and ...

Fredrick M. Wamalwa, Justine Burns

Policy Brief

Human capital inequality and electoral outcomes in South Africa

This paper examines the nature and evolution of horizontal and vert...

Nonso Obikili, Biniam E. Bedasso

Working Paper

The Dinaledi intervention programme in Eastern Cape schools

The study seek to examine the relationship between educational inpu...

Thobeka Ncanywa

Working Paper

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Risk Aversion and Gender Discrimination in Assessment

This study exploits a natural experiment to evaluate the gender bia...

Nicholas Spearman, Jason Hartford

Working Paper