Servaas van der Berg

Stellenbosch University

Dept of Economics, Stellenbosch University

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Stellenbosch, Western Cape 7602

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1.

Low Quality Education as a Poverty Trap

Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers No.25/2011. Initially a synthesis report to PSPPD
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 31 May 2017
Servaas van der Berg, Cobus Burger, Rulof Burger, Mia de Vos, Gideon du Rand, Martin Gustafsson, Eldridge Moses, Debra L. Shepherd, Nicholas Spaull, Stephen Taylor, Hendrik van Broekhuizen and Dieter von Fintel
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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School Quality, Poverty, Inequality, Development, South Africa

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Efficiency and Equity Effects of Social Grants in South Africa

Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers No. 15/10
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Dec 2010
Servaas van der Berg, Krige Siebrits and Bongisa Lekezwa
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and South African Competition Commission
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Social security, social grants, social pensions, child support grants, effects of social assistance, South Africa

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A Society Divided: How Unequal Education Quality Limits Social Mobility in South Africa

Synthesis report for the Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development (PSPPD). Stellenbosch, February 2017
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 May 2017 Last Revised: 29 May 2017
Eldridge Moses, Servaas van der Berg and Kate Rich
Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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education, poverty, inequality, labour market, retuns to education, development, South Africa

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Identifying Binding Constraints in Education

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 28 Jan 2017
Servaas van der Berg, Nicholas Spaull, Gabrielle Wills, Martin Gustafsson and Janeli Kotzé
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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Trends in Poverty and Inequality Since the Political Transition

DPRU Working Paper 06/104
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Apr 2007
Servaas van der Berg, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Megan Louw and Derek Yu
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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All Media and Products surveys, poverty ratio, poverty severity ratio, social grant system

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Higher Education Access and Outcomes for the 2008 National Matric Cohort

Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers No.16/2016
Number of pages: 122 Posted: 28 May 2017
Hendrik van Broekhuizen, Servaas van der Berg and Heleen Hofmeyr
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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higher education, university access, post-school transitions, inequality, development, South Africa

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The Costs of Illiteracy in South Africa

University of Stellenbosch Economic Working Paper No. 14/10
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Dec 2010
Martin Gustafsson, Servaas van der Berg, Debra L. Shepherd and Cobus Burger
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics
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Literacy, Illiteracy, South Africa, Education Production Function, Economic Growth

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Household Resource Flows and Food Poverty during South Africa’s Lockdown: Short-Term Policy Implications for Three Channels of Social Protection

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Jan 2023
Gabrielle Wills, Leila Patel, Servaas van der Berg and Bokang Mpeta
Stellenbosch University, University of Johannesburg, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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social assistance, COVID-19, food insecurity, hunger

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The Middle Class in Contemporary South Africa: Comparing Rival Approaches

Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers No.11/2014
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 May 2017
Ronelle Burger, Cindy Lee Steenekamp, Asmus Zoch and Servaas van der Berg
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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middle class, social class, development, South Africa

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The Present as a Legacy of the Past: The Labour Market, Inequality and Poverty in South Africa

DPRU Working Paper No. 99/29
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2010
Servaas van der Berg and H. Bhorat
Stellenbosch University and University of Cape Town (UCT) - Development Policy Research Unit
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household types, poverty, poverty measures

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The Performance of Low Fee Independent Schools in South Africa - What Can Available Data Tell?

Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers No. 01/2017. Stellenbosch.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 May 2017
Servaas van der Berg, Chris van Wyk, Ronelle Burger, Janeli Kotzé, Marlies Piek and Kate Rich
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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education, low fee schools, private schools, independent schools, South Africa

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The Cost of Repetition in South Africa

Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers: WP13/2019
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 09 Jan 2020
Servaas van der Berg, Gabrielle Wills, Rebecca Selkirk, Charles aDAMS and Chris van Wyk
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Dept of Economics, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, University of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics
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education, repetition, drop-out, education finance, human capital, economic development, South Africa

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Teacher Pay in South Africa

Stellenbosch University Department of Economics Working Paper No. 26/10
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Nov 2015
Servaas van der Berg and Rulof Burger
Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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teacher pay, wages, labour market, incentives

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Laying Firm Foundations: Getting Reading Right

Report to the PSPPD. University of Stellenbosch, 2016
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 May 2017
Nicholas Spaull, Servaas van der Berg, Gabrielle Wills, Martin Gustafsson and Janeli Kotzé
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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Education, reading, inequality, poverty, development, South Africa

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Social Assistance Reform During A Period of Fiscal Stress

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Dec 2010
Servaas van der Berg and Krige Siebrits
Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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Social grants, Effects of social grants, Labour market outcomes, Anti-poverty policy, South Africa

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Poverty Trends Since the Transition: What We Know

Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics No. 10/09
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Dec 2010
Servaas van der Berg, Megan Louw and Leon Du Toit
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Poverty, Inequality, Redistribution, Fiscal incidence, Social delivery,

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School teacher supply and demand in South Africa in 2019 and beyond

Number of pages: 146 Posted: 26 Oct 2022
Servaas van der Berg, Martin Gustafsson and Cobus Burger
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics
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Education and Skills for the Economy and Links to Labour Markets in South Africa

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 11 Jan 2023
Servaas van der Berg, Martin Gustafsson and Kholekile Malindi
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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South Africa, education, skills, labour market

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The Long Walk: Considering the Enduring Spatial and Racial Dimensions of Deprivation Two Decades after the Fall of Apartheid

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The Long Walk: Considering the Enduring Spatial and Racial Dimensions of Deprivation Two Decades after the Fall of Apartheid

Stellenbosch Economic Working Paper No. 17/15
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Nov 2015
Ronelle Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Sarel J. Van der Walt and Derek Yu
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics and Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics
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poverty, deprivation, fuzzy sets, South Africa

The Long Walk: Considering the Enduring Spatial and Racial Dimensions of Deprivation Two Decades after the Fall of Apartheid

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9524
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Nov 2015
Ronelle Burger, Servaas van der Berg, Sarel J. Van der Walt and Derek Yu
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics and Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics
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poverty, deprivation, fuzzy sets, South Africa

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Current Poverty and Income Distribution in the Context of South African History

Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics No. 22/10
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Dec 2010
Servaas van der Berg
Stellenbosch University
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South Africa, poverty, income distribution, labour market

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The Capability Threshold: Re-Examining the Definition of the Middle Class in an Unequal Developing Country

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The Capability Threshold: Re-Examining the Definition of the Middle Class in an Unequal Developing Country

Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers No.16/2015
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 May 2017
Ronelle Burger, Camren McAravey and Servaas van der Berg
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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Middle class, Capability approach, development, South Africa

The Capability Threshold: Re-Examining the Definition of the Middle Class in an Unequal Developing Country

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9523
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Nov 2015
Ronelle Burger, Camren McAravey and Servaas van der Berg
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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middle class, capability approach, measurement, development, South Africa

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Trends in Poverty and Inequality in Seven African Countries

PEP working paper serie 2007-06
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 May 2018 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2018
Frikkie Booysen, Ronelle Burger, Gideon du Rand, Michael von Maltitz and Servaas van der Berg
Independent Author, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, University of the Free State and Stellenbosch University
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poverty, inequality, asset index, multiple correspondence analysis, Africa

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Learner Flows Through Schools: Using High Quality Administrative Data to Understand Education System Performance

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Jan 2022
Servaas van der Berg, Chris van Wyk, Rebecca Selkirk and Heleen Hofmeyr
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics, Dept of Economics, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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Education, drop-out, repetition, internal efficiency, inequality, South Africa

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Learning Losses From COVID-19 in the Western Cape: Evidence From Systemic Tests

Research on Socio Economic Policy (Resep), Stellenbosch University February 2022
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 28 Oct 2022
Servaas van der Berg, Ursula Hoadley, Jaamia Galant, Chris van Wyk and Bianca Böhmer
Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town (UCT), Stellenbosch University - Department of Economics and Boston Consulting Group
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Learning losses, Covid, South Africa, Western Cape

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Understanding Consumption Patterns of the Established and Emerging South African Black Middle Class

Stellenbosch Economic Working Paper No. 18/15
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Nov 2015
Ronelle Burger, Megan Louw, Servaas van der Berg and Brigitte Pegado
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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Education, inequality, quality of education

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Higher Education Access and Outcomes for the 2008 South African National Matric Cohort

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10358
Number of pages: 123 Posted: 21 Nov 2016
Hendrik van Broekhuizen, Servaas van der Berg and Heleen Hofmeyr
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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higher education, university access, post-school transitions

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Covid-19 Disruptions and Education in South Africa: Two Years of Evidence

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 May 2023
Gabrielle Wills and Servaas van der Berg
Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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Covid, pandemic, learning losses, inequality, South Africa

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Food Insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM Wave 5

National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (CRAM) NIDS-DRAM report Wave 5 Report 13 (2021)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Mar 2022
Servaas van der Berg, Leila Patel and Grace Bridgman Grace Bridgman
Stellenbosch University, University of Johannesburg and Stellenbosch University
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Food security, poverty, hunger, nutrition, COVID-19, South Africa

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What the Annual National Assessments Can Tell Us About Learning Deficits Over the Education System and the School Career Year

Stellenbosch Economic Working Paper No. 18/15
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Nov 2015
Servaas van der Berg
Stellenbosch University
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Education, inequality, quality of education, South Africa

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Demand for Education in the Five Countries of the South African Customs Union – Projections and Implications

Stellenbosch Economic Working Papers: WP20/2018, December 2018
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Jan 2019
Servaas van der Berg and Marizanne Knoesen
Stellenbosch University and Independent
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economic development, demand for education, enrolment projections, South African Customs Union

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Estimating the Impact of Five Early Childhood Development Programmes Against a Counterfactual

Ilifa Labantwana & Resep ECD Working Paoer Series 01/2021
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Mar 2022
Servaas van der Berg
Stellenbosch University
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Education, early childhood development, early learning, playgroups, impact, South Africa

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When the Remedy is Worse than the Disease: Adjusting Survey Income Data for Price Differentials, with Special Reference to Mozambique

Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics Working Paper No. 10/24
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Dec 2010
Carlos Maia and Servaas van der Berg
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Stellenbosch University
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Mozambique, poverty, prices differentials, multiple correspondence analysis

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The Unintended Consequences of Education Policies on South African Participation and Unemployment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7450
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Jun 2013
Rulof Burger, Servaas van der Berg and Dieter von Fintel
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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South Africa, education, unemployment, participation

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Apartheid's Enduring Legacy: Inequalities in Education

Journal of African Economies, Vol. 16, Issue 5, pp. 849-880, 2007
Posted: 30 Jun 2008
Servaas van der Berg
Stellenbosch University

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