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1 Budlender, Debbie. Women and men in South Africa: Five years on. Pretoria, South Africa: Statistics South Africa, 2002.

2 Mlatsheni, Cecil, and Sandrine Rospabé. "Why is youth unemployment so high and unequally spread in South Africa?." Development Policy Research Unit , no. 02/65 (2002).

3 Banerjee, Abhijit, Sebastian Galiani, Jim Levinsohn, Zoë McLaren, and Ingrid Woolard. "Why has unemployment risen in the new South Africa?." International Policy Center Working Paper Series , no. 35 (2006).

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

5 Casale, Daniela. "What has the feminisation of the labour market ‘bought’ women in South Africa? Trends in labour force participation, employment and earnings, 1995-2001." DPRU Working Paper , no. 04/84 (2004).

6 Posel, Dorrit, and Daniela Casale. "What has been happening to internal labour migration in South Africa, 1993-1999?." South African Journal of Economics 71, no. 3 (2003): 455-479.

7 Bhorat, Haroon, Carlene van der Westhuizen, and Sumayya Goga. "Welfare shifts in the post-apartheid South Africa: A comprehensive measurement of changes." DPRU Working Paper , no. 07/128 (2007).

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

9 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).

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

11 Peltzer, Karl. "Utilization and practice of traditional/complementary/alternative medicine (TM/CAM) in South Africa." African Journal of Traditional Complementary, Alternative Medicine 6, no. 2 (2009): 175-185.

12 Kingdon, Geeta G, and John Knight. "Unemployment in South Africa: The nature of the beast." World Development 2001, no. 15 (2004): 391-408.

13 Dinkelman, Taryn, and Farah Pirouz. "Unemployment and labour force participation in South Africa: A focus on the supply-side." Economic Research Southern Africa , no. 28 (2011).

14 Levinsohn, James. "Two policies to alleviate unemployment in South Africa." Ford School of Public Policy University of Michigan and NBER (2007).

15 Casale, Daniela, Collete Muller, and Dorrit Posel. "Two million net new jobs: A reconsideration of the rise in employment in South Africa, 1995-2003." South African Journal of Economics 72, no. 5 (2004): 978-1002.

16 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).

17 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.

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

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

20 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).

21 Abdi, Tahir, and Lawrence Edwards. "Trade, technology and wage inequality in South Africa." DPRU Working Paper 02, no. 60 (2002): 1-31.

22 Lestrade-Jefferis, Joyce. The South African labour market: Selected time-based social and international comparisons. Pretoria, South Africa: Statistics South Africa, 2003.

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

24 Bhorat, Haroon, Paul Lundall, and Sandrine Rospabe. "The South African labour market in a globalizing world: Economic and legislative considerations." Geneva: International Labour Office , no. 2002/32 (2002).

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

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

27 Bhorat, Haroon, Carlene Van der Westhuizen , and Derek Yu. "The silent success: Delivery of public assets since democracy." DPRU Working Paper 201403 , no. 03 (2014).

28 Brookes, Mich, and Timothy Hinks. "The racial employment gap in South Africa." South African Journal of Economics 72, no. 3 (2004): 573-580.

29 Poswell, Laura. The post-Apartheid South African labour market: A status report. Cape Town, South Africa: Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town, 2002.

30 Bhorat, Haroon. "The post-apartheid challenge: Labour demand trends in the South African labour market, 1995-1999." DPRU Working Paper , no. 03/82 (2004).

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

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

34 Hofmeyr F, Julian. "The importance of segmentation in the South African labour market." FES/ DPRU Second Annual Conference on Labour Markets and Poverty in South Africa, 22 – 24 October 2002, Glenburn Lodge. Muldersdrift, South Africa, October, 2002.

35 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.

36 Wöcke, Albert, and Saul Klein. "The implications of South Africa’s skills migration policy for country competitiveness.." Development Southern Africa 19, no. 4 (2002): 441-454.

37 Hattingh, Damian, James Hodge, and Sandrine Rospabe. "The impact of privatisation and regulatory reform on wage premia in state-owned enterprises in South Africa." DPRU Working Paper , no. 03/78 (2003).

38 McKinney, Sarah. "The experiences of people with disabilities during their integration and retention into employment in South Africa." PhD Thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013.

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

40 Casale, Daniela, and Dorrit Posel. "The continued feminisation of the labour force in South Africa: An analysis of recent data and trends." The South African Journal of Economics 70, no. 1 (2002): 156-184.

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

42 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.

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

44 Richter, Linda M., and Chris Desmond. "Targeting AIDS orphans and child-headed households? A perspective from national surveys in South Africa, 1995 - 2005." AIDS Care 20, no. 9 (2008): 1019-1028.

45 Meth, Charles. "Sticking to the facts: Official and unofficial stories about poverty and unemployment in South Africa." DPRU Working Paper 07/123 , no. 07/123 (2007).

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

47 Barnes, Helen, Michael Noble, Chris Dibben, Charles Meth, Gemma Wright, and Lucie Cluver. "South Africa microdata scoping study." Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy Working Paper No. 6 , no. 6 (2007).

48 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.

49 Alence, Rod. "Sources of successful cost recovery for water: Evidence from a national survey of South African municipalities." Development Southern Africa 19, no. 5 (2002): 699-717.

50 Nattrass, Nicoli. "Should youth unemployment be targeted as part of a comprehensive welfare policy in South Africa?." Social Dynamics 28, no. 2 (2002): 207-236.

51 Bhorat, Haroon, Pranushka Naidoo, and Carlene Van der Westhuizen. "Shifts in non-income welfare in South Africa: 1993-2004." DPRU Policy brief , no. 06 (2006).

52 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).

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

54 Devey, Richard, and Valerie Moller. "Rich and poor: disparities, perceptions and concomitants." Closing the gap between rich and poor in South Africa (2002).

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

56 "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).

57 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.

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

59 Wittenberg, Martin, and Mark Collinson. "Restructuring of households in rural South Africa: Reflections on average household size in the agincourt sub-district 1992-2003." Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (Revised draft) , no. 12 (2008).

60 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.

61 Samson, Michael, Oliver Babson, Claudia Haarman, Dirk Haarman, Gilbert Khathi, Kenneth Mac Quene, and Ingrid van Niekerk. Research review on social security reform and the basic income grant for South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Economic Policy Research Institute, 2002.

62 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).

63 Ngwane, Alfred K, Venkata S S Yadavalli, and Francois E Steffens. "Poverty: Deprivations in terms of basic needs." Development Southern Africa 19, no. 4 (2002): 545-560.

64 Bhorat, Haroon. "Poverty, inequality and labour markets in Africa: A descriptive overview." DPRU Working Paper , no. 05/92 (2005).

65 Bhorat, Haroon, and Ravi Kanbur. Poverty and policy in post-apartheid South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press, 2006.

66 Shaikh, Najma, and Haroon Bhorat. "Poverty and labour market markers of HIV positive households in South Africa: An exploratory methodological analysis." South African Journal of Economics (2005).

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

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

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

70 Lewis D, Jeffrey. "Policies to promote growth and employment in South Africa." TIPS 2001 Annual Forum: New direction in the South African economy, Muldersdrift, 10-12 September, 2001. Muldersdrift, South Africa, 2001.

71 Stats SA,. Perceived health and other health indicators in South Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: Statistics South Africa, 2004.

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

73 Bhorat, Haroon, and Carlene Westhuizen. "Non-monetary dimensions of well-being in South Africa, 1993–2004: A post-apartheid dividend?." Development Southern Africa 30, no. 3 (2013): 295-314.

74 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).

75 Posel, Dorrit. "Migration: Analysis of the NIDS Wave 1 dataset." NIDS Discussion Paper no. 1 (2009).

76 Moses, Eldridge, and Derek Yu. "Migration from the Northern Cape." Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit , no. 32 (2009).

77 Krugell, Waldo, and Marianne Matthee. "Measuring the export capability of South African regions." Development Southern Africa 26, no. 03 (2009): 459-476.

78 Muller, Colette. "Measuring South Africa's informal sector: An analysis of national household surveys." DPRU Working Paper , no. 03/071 (2003).

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

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

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

82 Posel, Dorrit, and Daniela Casale. "Language proficiency and language policy in South Africa: Findings from new data." International Journal of Educational Development 31, no. 5 (2011): 449 -457.

83 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).

84 Bhorat, Haroon. "Labour market challenges in the post-apartheid South Africa." South African Journal of Economics 72, no. 5 (2004): 940-977.

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

86 Petro, Lyndsey. "Invaluable and outsourced: Experiences of private company cleaners working in the public hospital sector in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014.

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

88 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.

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

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

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

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

93 FAFO,. "How high is unemployment?." South African labour bulletin 26, no. 2 (2002): 0-0.

94 Rospabé, Sandrine. "How did the labour market racial discrimination evolve after the end of Apartheid? An analysis of the evolution of employment, occupational and wage discrimination in South Africa between 1993 and 1999." South African Journal of Economics 70, no. 1 (2002): 185-217.

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

96 Pirouz, Farah. "Have labour market outcomes affected household structure in South Africa? A descriptive analysis of households.." DPRU Working Paper , no. 05/100 (2005).

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

98 Posel, Dorrit, and Michael Rogan. "Gendered trends in poverty in the post- apartheid period, 1997–2006." Development Southern Africa 29, no. 1 (2012): 97-113.

99 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.

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

101 Oosthuizen, Morne. "Expected labour demand in South Africa 1998-2003." DPRU Working Paper , no. 03/81 (2003).

102 Daniels, Reza C, and Sandrine Rospabé. "Estimating an earnings function from coarsened data by an interval censored regression procedure." DPRU Working Paper , no. 05/91 (2005).

103 Bhorat, Haroon, and Paul Lundall. "Employment, wages and skills development: Firm specific effects: Evidence from two firm surveys in South Africa." DPRU Working Papers 02, no. 68 (2002).

104 Simkins, Charles. "Employment and unemployment in South Africa." Journal of Contemporary African Studies 22, no. 2 (2004): 253-278.

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

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

107 Bhorat I, Haroon. "Diversity in Africa: The coming of age of a continent: . New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN." South African Labour Market Trends: An Analysis of 1995 and 1999 Labour Statistics (2007).

108 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).

109 Van der Berg, Servaas, and Caryn Bredenkamp. "Devising social security interventions for maximum poverty impact." Social Dynamics 28, no. 2 (2002): 39-68.

110 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).

111 Ntuli, Miracle, and Martin Wittenberg. "Determinants of black women's labour force participation in post-apartheid South Africa." Journal of African Economies 22, no. 3 (2013): 347-374.

112 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.

113 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.

114 Fryer, David, and Désiré Vencatachellum. "Coordination failure and employment in South Africa." DPRU Working Paper , no. 04/86 (2004).

115 Leibbrandt, Murray, Ingrid Woolard, and Christopher Woolard. "Contribution of income components to income inequality in the former homelands of South Africa: A decomposable gini analysis." Journal of African Economies 9, no. 1 (2000): 79-99.

116 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).

117 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).

118 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).

119 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).

120 Samson, M, K Mac Quene, and I van Niekerk. "Capital/skills-intensity and job creation: an analysis of policy options.." TIPS 2001 Annual Forum: New direction in the South African economy, Muldersdrift, 10-12 September, 2001. Muldersdrift, South Africa, September 12, 2001.

121 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.

122 Laugksch C, Rüdiger. "Analysis of South African graduate degrees in science education: 1930–2000." Science Education 89, no. 3 (2005): 418-432.

123 Oboirien, Kafayat. "Analysis of equity in the pattern of health care utilisation in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town OBOIRIEN KAFAYAT OLABIMPE , 2009.

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

125 Bicak, Hasan A, Glenn P Jenkins, Chun-Yan Kuo, and M Benjamin Mphahlele. "An operational guide to the estimation of the economic opportunity cost of labour in South Africa.." South African Journal of Economics 72, no. 5 (2004): 1057-1068.

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

127 Muller, Colette. "An analysis of the extent, nature and consequences of female part- time employment in post-apartheid South Africa." A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2009.

128 Bonti-Ankomah, Samuel. "Addressing food insecurity in South Africa." SARPN conference on Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation in Southern Africa, Pretoria, 4th - 5th June 2001. Pretoria, South Africa, 2001.

129 Gyekye B, Agyapong. "A profile of poverty in the Limpopo province of South Africa." Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review 19, no. 2 (2003): 89-109.

130 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.

131 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.

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