October Household Survey 1997

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32 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.

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

34 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).

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

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37 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).

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39 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.

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44 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).

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46 Buwembo, Peter. "Factors associated with under-5 mortality in South Africa: Trends 1997- 2002." Masters thesis, University of Pretoria, 2010.

47 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).

48 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.

49 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.

50 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.

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

52 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.

53 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).

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55 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.

56 Edwards, L. "Globalisation and the skills bias of occupational employment in South Africa." South African Journal of Economics 69, no. 1 (2001): 40-71.

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

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

60 Fedderke, Johannes. "The structure of growth in the South African economy: Factor accumulation and total factor productivity growth 1970-97." South African Journal of Economics 70, no. 4 (2002): 282-299.

61 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).

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

63 Gelderblom, Derik. "Does poverty constrain migration in South Africa? Evidence, explanations and implications." Development Southern Africa 24, no. 2 (2007): 241-255.

64 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.

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66 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).

67 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.

68 Keswell, Malcolm, and Laura Poswell. "How important is education for getting ahead in South Africa?." CSSR Working Papers , no. 22 (2002).

69 Keswell, Malcolm, and Laura Poswell. "Returns to education in South Africa: A retrospective sensitivity analysis of the available evidence." South African Journal of Economics 72, no. 4 (2004): 834-860.

70 Kingdon, Geeta, and John Knight. "Are searching and non-searching unemployment distinct states when unemployment is high? The case of South Africa." CSAE Working Paper/2000-2 , no. 2000-2 (2000).

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75 Lam, D. "The impact of race on earnings and human capital in Brazil, South Africa and the United States." DPRU/FES Conference on Labour Markets and Poverty in South Africa, Johannesburg, November 15-16, 2001. Johannesburg, South Africa, November 16, 2001.

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

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

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

83 Nattrass, Nicoli, and Jeremy Seekings. "Two Nations? Race and economic inequality in South Africa today." Daedalus 130, no. 1 (2001): 45-70.

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

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

86 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.

87 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.

88 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.

89 Poswell, Laura. "Convexities and the returns to education in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003.

90 Powdthavee, Nattavudh. "Unhappiness and crime: Evidence from South Africa." Economica 72, no. 287 (2005): 531-547.

91 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.

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

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109 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).

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

111 Wittenberg, Martin. "The mystery of South Africa's ghost workers in 1996: Measurement and mismeasurement in the manufacturing census, population census and October Household Surveys." South African Journal of Economics 72, no. 5 (2004): 1003-1022.

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

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