RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
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Child Health in Elementary School following California’s Paid Family Leave Program (with Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 36 (4) 790-827 (2017)
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A Rational Expectations Consistent Measure of Risk: Using Financial Market Data from a Middle Income Context (with Johannes Fedderke), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 72 (6) 769-793 (2010)
WORKING PAPERS
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Need Based Financial Aid and College Completion
This paper estimates the impact of need-based financial aid on college outcomes by analysing South Africa's national government loan program.
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The impact of unconditional cash transfers on child schooling and labour: Evidence from South Africa
I exploit a South African social grant program that provides an unconditional cash transfer to poor households with school-age children.
POLICY REPORTS
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the development of the higher education system in South Africa: A description of the demographics and performance of NSFAS beneficiaries (with Haroon Bhorat), Labour Market Intelligence Partnership Report 29 (2017) [report] [policy brief]