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  • Estimating the size and impact of Affirmative Action at the University of Cape Town 
    Kerr, Andrew; Piraino, Patrizio; Ranchhod, Vimal (2016-08)
    In this paper we estimate the extent and targeting of affirmative action at the University of Cape Town, a large public university in South Africa. To do this we use admissions data from the University of Cape Town (UCT), ...
  • The Evolution of Household Transport Spending in Post-Apartheid South Africa: 1995-2015 
    Sutherland, Adrienne; Kerr, Andrew (2021-12)
    This paper uses nationally representative household survey data to examine changes in household transport expenditure in South Africa from 1995 to 2015. These data show a dramatic increase in transport expenditure, in both ...
  • Job creation and destruction in South Africa 
    Kerr, Andrew; Wittenberg, Martin; Arrow, Jairo (2013-01)
    Analysts of the South African labour market have predominantly used household surveys to analyse the labour market. It has been more di fficult to explore labour demand from the firm side, as a result of limited data from ...
  • The labour market for minibus taxi drivers in South Africa 
    Antrobus, Lauren; Kerr, Andrew (2019-04)
    In this paper, we provide the first detailed description of the labour market for taxi drivers in South Africa and investigate the extent to which wages in this market are set competitively. To do this we analyse survey ...
  • Public sector wages and employment in South Africa 
    Kerr, Andrew; Wittenberg, Martin (2017-11)
    This paper examines the wage structure and size of the public sector over the post-apartheid period. It does so both descriptively, examining the mean and median earnings in the public sector in the post-Apartheid period ...
  • Sample design and weighting in the NIDS-CRAM survey 
    Kerr, Andrew; Ardington, Cally; Burger, Rulof (2020-07)
    The sample frame for NIDS-CRAM is NIDS wave 5, which was conducted in 2017. Continuing sample members (CSMs) and temporary sample members (TSMs) who were 18 years or older at the time of the NIDS-CRAM wave 1 fieldwork in ...
  • Sampling methodology and field work changes in the October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys 
    Kerr, Andrew; Wittenberg, Martin (2013-07)
    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 ...
  • Tax(i)ing the poor? Commuting costs in South Africa 
    Kerr, Andrew (2015-10)
    In this paper I describe the monetary and time costs of commuting to work in South Africa. I find that these costs are high and that monetary costs of commuting have increased faster than inflation, mainly through a shift ...
  • What is a firm census in a developing country? An answer from Ghana 
    Kerr, Andrew; McDougall, Bruce (2020-06)
    A burgeoning literature in economics uses firm census data to provide explanations for the very large differences in income per capita across countries. Much of this literature takes for granted that the coverage of firm ...

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