Browsing WORKING PAPERS by Author "Burns, Justine"

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  • Towards measuring social cohesion in South Africa 
    Njozela, Lindokuhle; Shaw, Ingrid; Burns, Justine (2016-08)
    This paper uses data collected across the four waves of the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) to construct a measure of social cohesion for South Africa. We compare our index to one derived using the Afrobarometer data ...
  • Wage Subsidies to Combat Unemployment and Poverty: Assessing South Africa's Options 
    Burns, Justine; Edwards, Lawrence; Pauw, Kalie (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2010-08)
    Wage or employment subsidies have been used in both developed and developing countries to raise employment levels. Various advisers to the South African government have endorsed wage subsidies as a policy measure to deal ...
  • Washing with Hope: Evidence from a hand-washing pilot study among children in South Africa 
    Burns, Justine; Maughan-Brown, Brendan; Mouzinho, Âurea (2017-01)
    This paper reports the results of a randomised-control pilot study in which children in treatment households received a bi-monthly delivery of HOPE SOAP© , a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its ...
  • What"s in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa 
    van der Merwe, G.W.; Burns, Justine (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2008-10)
    This paper reports the results of an economic experiment which was designed to test the effect of racial identity on generosity in a non-strategic setting. A sample of undergraduate University students was recruited to ...

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