NIDS-CRAM is widely used to investigate the impact of the COVID pandemic on individuals and households. However, because NIDS-CRAM is a survey of individuals it is difficult to make accurate statements about households. ...
How important are credit constraints for educational persistence and performance at the university level in South Africa? We use institutional data to measure the impact of credit rationing on re-enrollment rates at the ...
The Post-school Education and Training (PSET) system in South Africa is comprised of a diverse range of education and training institutions, and institutional types. This study provides an overview of the state of data ...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, South African higher education institutions closed and rapidly moved to implement remote learning solutions. Many students lacked access to data and learning devices, and structural ...
In this paper, we re-examine private transfer behaviour in light of recent public and media discourse on black tax. In particular, we aim to better understand whether graduates of post-secondary education face disproportionate ...
Questions related to the sustainability of post-school education funding in South Africa, together with issues of expanding access and affordability have been fervently debated over the last decade. In 2018, government ...
Previous economic downturns such as the recent 2008-2009 global financial crisis have tended to disproportionately affect male employment due to greater contractions in industries typically filled by men (e.g. manufacturing). ...
