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  • Building social cohesion in South Africa 
    Njozela, Lindokuhle; Burns, Justine (2019-01)
    This paper uses data collected across the five waves of the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), covering 2008-2017, to update a measure of social cohesion for South Africa. This updating exercise is important in validating ...
  • Defining social cohesion 
    Burns, Justine; Hull, George; Lefko-Everett, Kate; Njozela, Lindokuhle (2018-01)
    Promoting social cohesion is one of the most difficult, yet one of the most important, challenges facing South Africa. However, while there is a widespread agreement that social cohesion influences economic and social ...
  • Ethnolinguistic Diversity and the Provision of Public Goods: Experimental Evidence from South Africa 
    Burns, Justine; Keswell, Malcolm (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2011)
    This paper utilises techniques in experimental economics to investigate the impact of racial identity on the provision of public goods. A large sample of Black and White undergraduate University students were recruited to ...
  • Evaluating the Impact of Health Programmes 
    Burns, Justine; Keswell, Malcolm; Thornton, Rebecca (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2009-10)
    This paper has two broad objectives. The first objective is broadly methodological and deals with some of the more pertinent estimation issues one should be aware of when studying the impact of health status on economic ...
  • Exploring South Africans’ understanding of social cohesion 
    Lefko-Everett, Kate; Burns, Justine; Nontshokweni, Sihle; Njozela, Lindokuhle (2018-01)
    Since the late 1980s, there has been a growing interest among governments, international organisations and others in promoting and pursuing social cohesion. This has particularly been the case in societies undergoing ...
  • From definition to measurement: constructing a social cohesion index for South Africa 
    Burns, Justine; Lefko-Everett, Kate; Njozela, Lindokuhle (2018-01)
    Social cohesion has increasingly become a subject of interest for international organisations, governments, policy-makers and other practitioners. Whilst social cohesion is not a new concept, finding its origins in the ...
  • Gender and birth order effects on intra-household schooling choices and education attainments in Kenya 
    Wamalwa, Fredrick; Burns, Justine (2017-04)
    In this paper, we investigate the effect of two important family characteristics - gender and birth order- on intra-household investments in, and educational outcomes of, children in Kenya. We measure intra-household ...
  • Gender and Risk Taking in the Classroom 
    Burns, Justine; Halliday, Simon; Keswell, Malcolm (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2012)
    We examine whether differences in risk preferences explain gender differentials in test scores amongst a large class of undergraduate microeconomics students, where students were evaluated using multiple choice questions. ...
  • Handwashing behaviour and habit formation in the household: evidence of spillovers from a pilot randomised evaluation in South Africa 
    Sellman, Abigail; Burns, Justine; Maughan-Brown, Brendan (2018-05)
    Handwashing with soap at critical times is a simple and effective way to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, such as diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection, which are major causes of morbidity and mortality in ...
  • Income Inequality, Reciprocity and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis 
    Hofmeyr, Andre; Burns, Justine; Visser, Martine (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2008-10)
    This paper analyses the impact of income inequality on public good provision in an experimental setting. A sample of secondary school students were recruited to participate in a simple linear public goods game where income ...
  • Individual notions of distributive justice and relative economic status 
    Barr, A.; Burns, Justine; Miller, L.; Shaw, I. (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2011-09)
    We present two experiments designed to investigate whether individuals notions of distributive justice are associated with their relative (within-society) economic status. Each participant played a specially designed ...
  • Inequality, Social Sanctions and Cooperation within South African Fishing 
    Visser, Martine; Burns, Justine (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2013-11)
    We explore the effect of income inequality and social attitudes on the cooperation and sanctioning in nine South African fishing communities where allocation of fishing rights have been unequal and controversial. In the ...
  • Inheriting the Future: Intergenerational Persistence of Educational status in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 
    Burns, Justine; Keswell, Malcolm (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2011)
    This paper examines the changes in the educational attainment of three successive generations in South Africa: grandparents, parents and children. Many of the results accord with widely known facts, such as the educational ...
  • The intergenerational transmission of depression in South African adolescents: A cross-sectional longitudinal study 
    Eyal, Katherine; Burns, Justine; Geel, Jennifer (2018-08)
    PLEASE NOTE: This paper has been updated. Background: Mental health data is seldom available in low-income countries in Africa, and estimates of the size of the intergenerational transmission of depression in these ...
  • The Labour Supply of Sex Workers in Cape Town 
    Butler-Adams, M.; Burns, Justine (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2011-06)
    Traditional labour economics predicts that the supply of labour will increase as earnings increase. However, labour supply need not be positive, especially if workers make decisions based on short-term income targets. ...
  • More than just a black-board: Cash transfers and adolescent education in South Africa 
    Eyal, Katherine; Woolard, Ingrid; Burns, Justine (2018-08)
    Please note: This paper has been updated. Cash transfers are a well-known tool in the developing world to alleviate poverty. However, much of the research evaluating these programs has focussed on short term outcomes, ...
  • The parent trap: Cash transfers and the intergenerational transmission of depression in South Africa 
    Eyal, Katherine; Burns, Justine (2018-08)
    Please Note: This paper has been updated. Mental illness and substance abuse make up the leading cause of disability among adolescents around the world, and yet adolescent mental health is an understudied area in developing ...
  • Private schools and student learning achievements in Kenya 
    Wamalwa, Fredrick; Burns, Justine (2017-04)
    This paper examines the effect of private schools on literacy (language) and numeracy (maths) skill acquisition among children drawn from lower primary grades in Kenya. We use a comprehensive household survey data that ...
  • Race and trust in post-apartheid South Africa 
    Burns, Justine (CSSR and SALDRU, 2004-10)
    I examine the impact of racial identity on behavior in trust games played by White, Black and Colored high school students in South Africa. There is a systematic pattern of distrust towards Black partners, even by Black ...
  • Social Networks, Employment and Worker Discouragement: Evidence from South Africa 
    Godlonton, Susan; Burns, Justine (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2006-10)
    Social networks are increasingly being recognised as having an important influence on labour market outcomes, since they facilitate the exchange of job related information. Access to information about job opportunities as ...

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