October Household Survey 1998

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1 Hofmeyr, Clare, Nicola Branson, and Murray Leibbrandt. "The matric certificate is still valuable in the labour market." Econ3x3 (2013).

2 Kumchulesi, Grace. "An economic analysis of declining marriages in post-apartheid South Africa: 1995-2006.." PhD Thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010.

3 Kerr, A, and Martin Wittenberg. "Sampling methodology and field work changes in the october household surveys and labour force surveys." (2013).

4 Gethin, Amory. "Who benefits from public goods? Public services and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa." (2023).

5 Gethin, Amory. "Who benefits from public services? Novel evidence and implications for inequality measurement." (2024).

6 Thornton, Amy, and Martin Wittenberg. "Reweighting the OHS and GHS to improve data quality: representativeness, household counts, and small households." SALDRU Working Paper (2021).

7 Thornton, Amy, and Martin Wittenberg. "Reweighting the OHS and GHS to improve data quality: Representativeness, household counts, and small households." South African Journal of Economics n/a, no. n/a (2022).

8 Thornton, Amy. "Household formation, living alone, and not getting married in South Africa." SALDRU Working Paper (2023).

9 Thornton, Amy. "Leaving the parental home in post-apartheid South Africa." Population, Space and Place n/a, no. n/a (2023).

10 Thornton, Amy. "Leaving the parental home in post-apartheid South Africa." SALDRU Working Paper , no. 292 (2023).

11 Thornton, Amy. "Trends in household formation and living alone in South Africa, 1995–2011." Development Southern Africa 0, no. 0 (2023): 1-33.

12 Thornton, Amy. "Trends in household headship and living alone in South Africa, 1995-2011." SALDRU Working Paper (2023).

13 Ainsworth, Martha, and Deon Filmer. "Poverty, AIDS and children’s schooling: A targeting dilemma." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper , no. 2885 (2002).

14 Allanson, Paul, and Jonathan Atkins. "Labour market reform and the evolution of the racial wage hierarchy in post-apartheid South Africa." DPRU Working Paper , no. 01/59 (2001).

15 Altman, Miriam. "Identifying employment-creating sectors in South Africa: The role of services industries." Development Southern Africa 23, no. 5 (2007): 627-647.

16 Altman, Miriam. Low wage work in South Africa. South Africa: HSRC, 2007.

17 Ardington, Cally, and Megan Little. "The impact of maternal death on children’s health and education outcomes." SALDRU Working Paper /NIDS Discussion Paper , no. 184 (2016).

18 Ardington, Cally, and Murray Leibbrandt. "Orphanhood and schooling in South Africa: Trends in the vulnerability of orphans between 1993 and 2005." Economic Development and Cultural Change 58, no. 3 (2010): 507-536.

19 Ardington, Carolyn. "Parental death and schooling outcomes in South Africa." PhD Thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008.

20 Armstrong, Paula. "Teacher pay in South Africa: How attractive is the teaching profession?." Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers , no. 04/09 (2009).

21 Armstrong, Paula, and Janca Steenkamp. "South African Trade Unions: An overview for 1995 to 2005." Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers , no. 10/08 (2008).

22 Banerjee, Abhijit, Sebastian Galiani, Jim Levinsohn, Zoë McLaren, and Ingrid Woolard. "Why has unemployment risen in the New South Africa?." Economics of Transition 16, no. 4 (2008): 715-740.

23 Booysen, Frikkie, and Tanja Arntz. "Children of the storm: HIV/AIDS and children in South Africa.." Social Dynamics 28, no. 1 (2002): 170-192.

24 Branson, Nicola, and Martin Wittenberg. "Reweighting South African national household survey data to create a consistent series over time: A cross-entropy estimation approach." South African Journal of Economics 81, no. 1 (2014): 19-38.

25 Branson, Nicola. "Health and education outcomes for children born to teenage mothers in South Africa." PhD Thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007.

26 Branson, Nicola. "Re-weighting the OHS and LFS National Household Survey data to create a consistent series over time: A cross entropy estimation approach." Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit , no. 38 (2009).

27 Branson, Nicola. "The South African labour market 1995-2004: A cohort analysis.." SALDRU Working Paper , no. 06/07 (2006).

28 Branson, Nicola, Cally Ardington, David Lam, and Murray Leibbrandt. "Changes in education, employment and earnings in South Africa: A cohort analysis." Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit , no. 105 (2013).

29 Branson, Nicola, Cally Ardington, and Murray Leibbrandt. "Trends in teenage childbearing and schooling outcomes for children born to teens in South Africa." SALDRU Working Paper Number 98 , no. 98 (2013).

30 Branson, Nicola, Julia Garlick, David Lam, and Murray Leibbrandt. Education and inequality: The South African case. 2015.

31 Branson, Nicola, and Martin Wittenberg. "The measurement of employment status in South Africa using cohort analysis, 1994-2004.." South African Journal of Economics 75, no. 2 (2007): 313-326.

32 Bray, Rachel. "Missing links? An examination of the contributions made by social surveys to our understanding of child well-being in South Africa." CSSR Working Paper , no. 23 (2002).

33 Burger, Rulof, and Rachel Jafta. "Returns to race: Labour market discrimination in post-apartheid South Africa." Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers , no. 04/06 (2006).

34 Burger, Rulof, and Dieter Von Fintel. "Determining the causes of the rising South African unemployment rate: An age, period and generational analysis." Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers , no. 24/09 (2009).

35 Burger, Rulof, and Derek Yu. "Wage trends in post-apartheid South Africa: Constructing an earnings series from Household Survey data." Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers , no. 10/06 (2006).

36 Cox, Kevin R, David Hemson, and Alison Todes. "Urbanization in South Africa and the changing character of migrant labour." South African Geographical Journal 86, no. 1 (2004): 7-16.

37 Daniels C, Reza. "The income distribution with multiple sources of survey error." PhD thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013.

38 De Klerk, Mike, Scott Drimie, Michael Aliber, Simphiwe Mini, Rueben Mokoena, Rendani Randela, Salome Modiselle, Ben Roberts, Coleen Vogel, Cobus De Swardt, and Johan Kirsten. Food security in South Africa: Key policy issues for the medium term. 2004.

39 Devey, Richard, Caroline Skinner, and Imraan Valodia. "Second best? Trends and linkages in the informal economy in South Africa." Development Policy Research Unit , no. 06/102 (2006).

40 Dinkleman, Taryn, and Farah Pirouz. "Individual, household and regional determinants of labour force attachement in South Africa: Evidence from the 1997 October Household Survey." South African Journal of Economics 70, no. 5 (2002): 865-891.

41 Essop, Hassan, and Derek Yu. "The South African informal sector (1997 – 2006)." Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers , no. 03/08 (2008).

42 Eyal, Katherine, and Ingrid Woolard. Female labour force participation and the child support grant in South Africa. : Researchgate, 2011.

43 Eyal, Katherine, and Ingrid Woolard. "Throwing the book at the CSG." Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit , no. 53 (2011).

44 Fedderke, Johannes, Jeenesh Manga, and Farah Pirouz. "Challenging Cassandra: Household and per capita household income distribution in the October Household Surveys 1995-1999, Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995 & 2000, and the Labour Force Survey 2000." Economic Research Southern Africa , no. 13 (2004).

45 Gustafsson, Martin. "What the household data say about participation in ECD institutions." (2018).

46 Hirschowitz, Ros, Welcome M Sekwati, and Debbie Budlender. South Africa in transition: Selected findings from the October Household Survey of 1999 and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 1999. Pretoria, South Africa: Statistics South Africa, 2001.

47 Johnson-Lans, Shirley, and Patricia Jones. "Wage inequality in Africa." Foreign direct investment and racial wage Inequality: Evidence from South Africa (2017).

48 Joubert, Jane, Chalapati Rao, Debbie Bradshaw, Rob E Dorrington, Theo Vos, and Alan D Lopez. "Characteristics, availability and uses of vital registration and other mortality data sources in post-democracy South Africa." Global Health Action 5, no. 1 (2012).

49 Kearney, Marna, and Ayodele Odusola. Assessing development strategies to achieve the MDGs in The Republic of South Africa. : United Nations Department for Social and Economic Affairs, 2011.

50 Kingdon, Geeta, and John Knight. "What have we learnt about unemployment from microdatasets in South Africa?." Social Dynamics 27, no. 1 (2001): 79-95.

51 Koen, Charlton. "The contribution of technikons to human resources development in South Africa." DPRU Working Paper 03/80 , no. 03/80 (2003).

52 Kraak, Andre, and Helene Perold. Human resources development review 2003: Education, employment and skills in South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press, 2003.

53 Mahadea, D. "Similarities and differences between male and female entrepreneurial attributes in manufacturing firms in the informal sector in the Transkei." Development Southern Africa 18, no. 2 (2001): 189-1-0.

54 Makiwane, Monde, Eric Udjo, Linda Richter, and Chris Desmond. "Is the child support grant associated with an increase in teenage fertility in South Africa? Evidence from national surveys and administrative data." Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Report. Pretoria: HSRC (2006).

55 Meth, Charles. "Half measures: The ANC's unemployment and poverty reduction goals." DPRU Working Paper 04/89 , no. 89 (2004).

56 Mettetal, Elizabeth. "Irrigation dams, water and infant mortality: Evidence from South Africa." Journal of Development Economics (2019).

57 Moller, Valerie, and Richard Devey. "Trends in living conditions and satisfaction among poorer older South Africans: Objective and subjective indicators of quality of life in the October Household Survey." Development Southern Africa 20, no. 4 (2003): 457-476.

58 Morrell, Robert, Dorrit Posel, and Richard Devey. "Counting fathers in South Africa: Issues of definition, methodology and policy." Social Dynamics 29, no. 2 (2003): 73-94.

59 Ntuli, Miracle. "Exploring the status of african women in the South African labour market 1995-2004." Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cape Town, 2009.

60 Pillay, P. "South Africa in the 21 st century: Key socio-economic challenges." Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation , no. 1 (2000).

61 Pillay, Pundy. South Africa in the 21st Century: Some key socio-economic challenges. Johannesburg, South Africa: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2001.

62 Posel, Dorrit. "The collection of national household survey data in South Africa (1993-2001): Rendering labour migration invisible." Development Southern Africa 20, no. 3 (2003): 361-368.

63 Posel, Dorrit, and Richard Devey. "Baba: Men and fatherhood in South Africa." The demographics of fathers in South Africa: An analysis of survey data, 1993-2002 (2006).

64 Rios-Avila, Fernando. "Quality of match for statistical matches used in the development of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) for Ethiopia and South Africa." Levy Institute Working Paper , no. 970 (2020).

65 Rogan, Michael. "Poverty and headship in post-apartheid South Africa, 1997–2006." Social Indicators Research 113, no. 1 (2013): 491-511.

66 Russell, Margo. "The employment of domestic workers by black urban households." CSSR Working Paper , no. 26 (2002).

67 Seekings, Jeremy. "Poverty and inequality after Apartheid." Centre for Social Science Research Working Paper , no. 200 (2007).

68 Seekings, Jeremy, Murray Leibbrandt, and Nicoli Nattrass. "Income inequality after Apartheid." Centre for Social Science Research Working Paper , no. 75 (2004).

69 Serumaga-Zake, P., D. Kotze, and R. Madsen. "A descriptive study of the dynamics of relative poverty in the Western Cape Province of South Africa." Development Southern Africa 22, no. 1 (2005): 143-160.

70 Shepherd, Debra. "Post-apartheid trends in gender discrimination in South Africa: Analysis through decomposition techniques." Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers , no. 06/08 (2008).

71 Simister, John. "The importance of being earners: Why women in South Africa need well-paid jobs." Development Southern Africa 26, no. 05 (2009): 709-719.

72 Simkins, Charles. "Can South Africa Avoid a Malthusian Positive Check?." Daedalus 130, no. 1 (2001): 123-150.

73 Sowa, Agnieszka, and Christina Behrendt. "Social security in low and middle-income countries: The role of household survey data." Issues in Social Protection Discussion Paper , no. 14 (2006).

74 Surtee, Dr Sabie, and Professor Martin J J Hall. "Transformation: African people in the Western Cape: An overview." DPRU- Working paper 10/141 , no. 10/141 (2010).

75 Thomas, Viktor. "A conceptual and empirical investigation into measuring aspects of urban food security in 12 Southern African cities." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011.

76 Thornton, Amy, and Martin Wittenberg. "Restoring representativeness to South African household survey data with cross-entropy weight recalibration." ESSA Annual Conference . Johannesburg, Gauteng, 09 3, 2019.

77 Tregenna, Fiona. "How significant is intersectoral outsourcing of employment in South Africa?." Industrial and Corporate Change 19, no. 5 (2010): 1427-1457.

78 Udjo O, Eric. "Trends in the age pattern of fertility, 1995-2005, in the context of the child support grant in South Africa." Development Southern Africa 26, no. 2 (2009): 289-299.

79 van den Brink, Rogier, Glen Thomas, Hans Binswanger, John Bruce, and Frank Byamugisha. "Consensus, confusion, and controversy: Selected land reform issues in Sub-Saharan Africa." World Bank Research Working Paper , no. 71 (2006).

80 van der Berg, Servaas, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Megan Louw, and Derek Yu. "Trends in poverty and inequality since the political transition." DPRU Working Paper 06/104 , no. 06/104 (2006).

81 van der Merwe, Theo. "The case for social security in South Africa: An economic perspective." Development Southern Africa 17, no. 5 (2000): 717-735.

82 Vermeulen C, J. "Inflation and unemployment in South Africa: Is the Phillips curve still dead?." Southern African Business Review (2017).

83 Von Fintel, Dieter. "Dealing with earnings bracket responses in Household Surveys - How sharp are midpoint imputations?." South African Journal of Economics 75, no. 2 (2007): 293-312.

84 Wittenberg, Martin. "Dissecting post-apartheid labour market developments: Decomposing a discrete choice model while dealing with unobservables." Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA Working Paper) , no. 46 (2007).

85 Wittenberg, Martin. "Nonparametric estimation when income is reported in bands and at points." ERSA Working Paper , no. 94 (2008).

86 Wittenberg, Martin. "Wages and wage inequality in South Africa 1994–2011: Part 2 – Inequality measurement and trends." South African Journal of Economics (2016).

87 Wittenberg, Martin, Mark Collinson, and Tom Harris. "Decomposing changes in household measures: Household size and services in South Africa, 1994–2012." Demographic Research 37, no. 39 (2017): 1297-1326.

88 Woolard, Ingrid. "An overview of poverty and inequality in South Africa." Human Science Research Council (2002).

89 Woolard, Ingrid, and Chris Woolard. Earnings inequality in South Africa 1995-2003. : Human Sciences Research Council, 2006.

90 Yu, Derek. "The comparability of the Statistics South Africa October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys." Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers , no. 17/07 (2007).

91 Yu, Derek. "The South African labour market: 1995 – 2006." Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers , no. 05/08 (2008).

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