Haroon Bhorat
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South African economist
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Haroon Bhorat's Degrees
- Bachelors Economics University of Cape Town
- Masters Economics University of Cape Town
- PhD Economics University of Cape Town
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Haroon Bhorat is Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. His area of research has concentrated on labour economics and poverty/income distribution mainly in his native South Africa, and recently, been expanded to other parts of Africa - in which he is world-renowned authority.
Haroon Bhorat's Published Works
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Published Works
- Decomposing Shifts in Labour Demand in South Africa (1999) (188)
- Poverty and policy in post-apartheid South Africa (2006) (185)
- Understanding Contemporary Household Inequality in South Africa (1999) (142)
- Labour market challenges in the post-apartheid South Africa (2005) (138)
- Skilled labour migration from developing countries : study on South and Southern Africa (2002) (114)
- Estimating the Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment, Wages, and Non‐Wage Benefits: The Case of Agriculture in South Africa (2014) (97)
- The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws on employment, wages, and hours of work in South Africa (2013) (92)
- The Post-Apartheid South African Labour Market (2005) (87)
- Income and Non-Income Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa: What are the Drivers and Possible Policy Interventions? (2009) (85)
- Modelling Vulnerability and Low Earnings in the South African Labour Market (1999) (82)
- Poverty, Inequality and the Nature of Economic Growth in South Africa (2012) (75)
- Determinants of Grade 12 Pass Rates in the Post-Apartheid South African Schooling System (2009) (72)
- Minimum Wage Violation in South Africa (2011) (68)
- Shifts in Non-Income Welfare in South Africa: 1993-2004 (2006) (65)
- Minimum Wages in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Primer (2015) (61)
- Non-monetary dimensions of well-being in South Africa, 1993–2004: A post-apartheid dividend? (2013) (57)
- Correlates of Vulnerability in the South African Labour Market (1999) (55)
- The challenge of growth, employment and poverty in the South African economy since democracy: an exploratory review of selected issues (2004) (55)
- Higher education, employment and economic growth: Exploring the interactions (2016) (51)
- Skills supply and demand in South Africa (2016) (51)
- Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequality in South Africa: The First Decade of Democracy (2008) (50)
- Poverty and Well-Being in Post-Apartheid South Africa: an Overview of Data, Outcomes and Policy (2005) (48)
- The Post-Apartheid Challenge: Labour Demand Trends in the South African Labour Market, 1995-1999 (2003) (46)
- The South African labour market in a globalizing world : economic and legislative considerations (2002) (45)
- Student Graduation, Labour Market Destinations and Employment Earnings (2012) (44)
- EMPLOYMENT, WAGES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT: FIRM-SPECIFIC EFFECTS — EVIDENCE FROM A FIRM SURVEY IN SOUTH AFRICA (2005) (43)
- Shadow State (2018) (43)
- The impact of trade and structural changes on sectoral employment in South Africa (2000) (42)
- The Oxford companion to the economics of South Africa (2014) (41)
- Income Inequality Trends in sub-Saharan Africa: Divergence, determinants and consequences: Resource Dependence and Inequality in Africa: Impacts, consequences and potential solutions (2017) (40)
- Economic Policy in South Africa: Past, Present, and Future (2014) (40)
- A review of poverty and inequality in Namibia (2015) (39)
- The South African social safety net: past, present and future (1995) (38)
- Investigating the Feasibility of a National Minimum Wage for South Africa (2016) (38)
- Graduate Unemployment in the Context of Skills Shortages, Education and Training: Findings from a Firm Survey (2006) (38)
- Demographic, employment, and wage trends in South Africa (2015) (37)
- The Gender Wage Gap in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Re-examination (2013) (37)
- Household inequality and the labor market in South Africa (2001) (37)
- The October Household Survey, Unemployment and the Informal Sector: A Note (1999) (35)
- The cost of “doing business” and labour regulation: The case of South Africa (2010) (35)
- Employment and labour market trends (2003) (34)
- A Note on Measuring the Depth of Minimum Wage Violation (2013) (34)
- Understanding the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Dispute Resolution System in South Africa: An Analysis of CCMA Data (2009) (33)
- Institutional Wage Effects: Revisiting Union and Bargaining Council Wage Premia in South Africa (2011) (33)
- Trade unions in an emerging economy: The case of South Africa (2014) (32)
- Analysing Wage Formation in the South African Labour Markets: The Role of Bargaining Councils (2009) (32)
- Welfare Shifts in the Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Comprehensive Measurement of Changes (2007) (32)
- Africa's Lions: Growth Traps and Opportunities for Six African Economies (2016) (30)
- The Present as a Legacy of the Past: The Labour Market, Inequality and Poverty in South Africa (1999) (30)
- Labour Reform in South Africa: Measuring Regulation and a Synthesis of Policy Suggestions (2009) (30)
- Estimating a poverty line: An application to free basic municipal services in South Africa (2011) (26)
- PROMOTING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING MANUFACTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA (2000) (25)
- Social Assistance Amidst the COVID‐19 Epidemic in South Africa: A Policy Assessment (2021) (25)
- Are Wage Adjustments an Effective Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation?: Some Simulations for Domestic and Farm Workers (2000) (24)
- Pro-poor growth and social protection in South Africa: Exploring the interactions (2014) (23)
- Wage Premia and Wage Differentials in the South African Labour Market (2000) (22)
- Growth, Poverty and Inequality Interactions in Africa: An Overview of Key Issues (2016) (20)
- The Socio-Economic Determinants of Crime in South Africa: An Empirical Assessment (2017) (20)
- A Universal Income Grant Scheme for South Africa : An Empirical Assessment (2002) (19)
- Sub-Saharan Africa's Manufacturing Sector: Building Complexity (2017) (18)
- A Synthesis of Current Issues in the Labour Regulatory Environment (2009) (18)
- Employment, Wages and Skills Development: Firm Specific Effects-Evidence from Two Firm Surveys in South Africa DPRU (2005) (17)
- Partial minimum wage compliance (2015) (17)
- State Of Manufacturing In South Africa (2017) (16)
- Public expenditure and poverty alleviation: Simulations for South Africa (2000) (15)
- Skills-biased labour demand and the pursuit of inclusive growth in South Africa (2014) (15)
- Social Assistance during South Africa's National Lockdown: Examining the COVID-19 Grant, Changes to the Child Support Grant, and Post-October Policy Options (2020) (15)
- Compliance with minimum wage laws in developing countries (2014) (14)
- Policy co-ordination and growth traps in a middle-income country setting (2014) (14)
- A Nation in Search of Jobs: Six Possible Policy Suggestions for Employment Creation in South Africa (2012) (14)
- Firm-level determinants of earnings in the formal sector of the South African labour market (2017) (14)
- Understanding and Characterizing the Services Sector in South Africa (2018) (13)
- Estimates for Poverty Alleviation in South Africa, with An Application to a Universal Income Grant (2003) (13)
- EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A PRODUCTION FUNCTION APPROACH (2006) (13)
- COVID-19, Social Protection and the Labour Market in South Africa: Are Social Grants being Targeted at the most Vulnerable? (2020) (12)
- SMME's in South Africa: Understanding the Constraints on Growth and Performance (2018) (12)
- The Economics of COVID-19 in South Africa: Early Impressions (2020) (12)
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA A Descriptive Overview of Claimants and Claims (2013) (12)
- Policy co-ordination and growth traps in a middle- income country setting: The case of South Africa (2014) (12)
- Understanding and characterizing the services sector in South Africa: An overview (2016) (11)
- Poverty, Inequality and Labour Markets in Africa: A Descriptive Overview (2005) (10)
- THE DETERMINANTS OF MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATION IN SOUTH AFRICA (2011) (10)
- The Role of International Trade, Technology and Structural Change in Shifting Labour Demands in South Africa (2010) (9)
- Employment Outcomes and Returns to Earnings in Post-Apartheid South Africa (2012) (9)
- The Gender Wage Gap in the Post-Apartheid South African Labour Market (2012) (9)
- Public Expenditure and Poverty Alleviation in the South African Labour Market (1999) (9)
- NON-INCOME WELFARE AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA (2014) (9)
- Vulnerability In Employment: Evidence from South Africa (2016) (9)
- Poverty Amongst the Self-Employed (1998) (8)
- The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws in South Africa (2013) (8)
- Employment and Household Poverty : The Effects of Trade , Investment and Technology in South Africa DISCUSSION PAPER 14 (2003) (8)
- Minimum Wages and Youth: The Case of South Africa (2016) (8)
- Distinguishing between individual-and household-level poverty (1999) (7)
- Youth employment challenges in Zambia: A statistical profile, current policy frameworks and existing interventions (2015) (7)
- Income and Price Elasticities in Manufacturing Exports (1998) (7)
- Drivers of inequality in the context of the growth-poverty-inequality nexus in africa: An overview of key issues (2019) (7)
- DO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES REDUCE EMPLOYMENT? Evidence from South Africa (2013) (7)
- TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE CONTINENT IN 2014 (2014) (7)
- Social protection and inequality in Africa: Exploring the interactions (2019) (7)
- Structural Change and Patterns of Inequality in the South African Labour Market (2018) (7)
- Trade unions in an emerging economy (2014) (6)
- Employment and Unemployment Trends in Post-Apartheid South Africa (2004) (6)
- Increasing Employment Opportunities : Navigating Africa’s Complex Job Market (2017) (6)
- A South African case study (2021) (6)
- The Silent Success: Delivery of Public Assets Since Democracy (2014) (6)
- Income Inequality Trends in sub-Saharan Africa Divergence, Determinants and Consequences: Introduction, Motivation and Overview (2017) (6)
- Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in South Africa (2020) (6)
- Inequality in the South African labour market (1996) (6)
- ONE The Pursuit of Long-Run Economic Growth in Africa An Overview of Key Challenges (2016) (6)
- Inclusive Dualism: Labour Intensive Development, Decent Work and Surplus Labour in Southern Africa (2020) (6)
- Jobs and COVID-19: Measuring Work-Related Physical Interaction (2020) (6)
- POVERTY AND LABOUR MARKET MARKERS OF HIV POSITIVE HOUSEHOLDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: AN EXPLORATORY METHODOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (2005) (6)
- Trade Unions in South Africa (2015) (5)
- Estimating the Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment, Wages and Non-Wage Benefits: The Case of Agriculture in South Africa (2012) (5)
- Minimum Wage Enforcement in the Developing World (2013) (5)
- Africa's Jobs Challenge (2013) (5)
- Explaining Employment Trends in South Africa: 1993-1998 (2003) (5)
- Minimum Wage Enforcement in South Africa (2010) (4)
- COVID-19 and the labour market: Estimating the employment effects of South Africa’s national lockdown (2021) (4)
- Employment Creation Potential, Labor Skills Requirements, and Skill Gaps for Young People: A Methodological Framework (2020) (4)
- Wage polarization in a high-inequality emerging economy: The case of South Africa (2020) (4)
- Young people and the labour market (2008) (4)
- The effects of pupil-teacher ratio and expenditure per pupil on educational attainment in South Africa (2014) (4)
- The Employment Tax Incentive Scheme in South Africa: An Impact Assessment (2020) (4)
- Poverty and Labour Market Markers of HIV+ House holds: An Exploratory Methodological Analysis (2004) (4)
- Poverty, Trade and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Introduction to the Special Issue (2006) (4)
- Minimum Wages and Labor Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius (2018) (4)
- Estimating the Causal Effect of Enforcement on Minimum Wage Compliance : The Case of South Africa (2011) (4)
- The Rise of the ‘Missing Middle’ in an Emerging Economy: The Case of South Africa (2018) (3)
- Africa's Lions (2016) (3)
- Temporary Employment Services in South Africa: A Brief Note (2012) (3)
- Woolard (eds)(2001) Fighting Poverty: labour markets and inequality in South Africa. Cape Town: UCT Press (2003) (3)
- Employment, earnings and vulnerability in the South African labour market : an empirical investigation based on official survey data (2003) (3)
- Wage setting and labor regulatory challenges in a middle income country setting : the case of South Africa - background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (2018) (3)
- Social protection the role of cash transfers. (2006) (3)
- The evolution of National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding (2019) (2)
- Working Paper 336 - Jobs, Economic Growth, and Capacity Development for Youth in Africa (2020) (2)
- What Are The Most Important Research Questions On The Economics Of Growth And Labour Markets In Low-Income Countries? Comments and Reflections [Paper by Haroon Bhorat - University of Cape Town] (2012) (2)
- Understanding the determinants of Africa’s Manufacturing Malaise (2017) (2)
- THE REAL EXCHANGE RATE AND SECTORAL EMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA (2014) (2)
- Characterisation, definition, and measurement issues of the middle class in sub-Saharan Africa (2021) (2)
- AfricaÕs Manufacturing Malaise (2016) (1)
- Links Between Education and the Labour Market: Narrowing the Mismatch Between Demand and Supply (2019) (1)
- Employment, Wages & Skills Development: Firm-Specific Effects (2001) (1)
- Crime And Inequality In South Africa: Non-Linear Outcomes Under Extreme Inequality (2020) (1)
- Crime, income and inequality: non-linearities under extreme inequality in South Africa (2022) (1)
- Lockdown stringency and employment formality: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa (2023) (1)
- Growth, Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction: An Overview Evidence and Possible Applications to Africa (2009) (1)
- WIDER Working Paper 2014/155 Policy co-ordination and growth traps in a middle-income country setting: The case of South Africa (2014) (1)
- WIDER Working Paper 2014/055 Trade unions in an emerging economy: The case of South Africa (2014) (1)
- Understanding growth-income inequality interactions in Zambia (2018) (1)
- Building Economic Complexity in the South African Fibrous Plant Economy (2019) (1)
- South African Market Labour Market Trends: An Analysis of 1995 and 1999 Labour Statistics (2007) (1)
- Growth, Employment Creation, and Poverty Reduction (2015) (1)
- South Africa's Special COVID-19 Grant: A Brief Assessment of Coverage and Expenditure Dynamics (2020) (1)
- The Newly Unemployed and the UIF Take-Up Rate in the South African Labour Market (2012) (1)
- Measuring Multi‐Dimensional Labour Law Violation with an Application to South Africa (2020) (1)
- The Seychelles Labor Market (2017) (0)
- Building economic complexity in Africa (2019) (0)
- WIDER Working Paper 2020/50-Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in South Africa (2020) (0)
- Understanding growth–income inequality interactions in Zambia1 (2021) (0)
- Bill Freund. Twentieth-Century South Africa: A Developmental History. (2019) (0)
- INFORMAL SECTOR AND SOCIAL POLICY Compendium of Personal and Technical Reflections Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure and Dialogue Program Oaxaca, Mexico (2009) (0)
- Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA) (2016) (0)
- The Labour Market in Post-Apartheid South Africa:A Brief Overview (2004) (0)
- Conclusions and policy recommendations (2019) (0)
- South Africas Economic Growth Challenge: Convergence or Divergence? (2014) (0)
- An Overview of Key Challenges (0)
- Growth Without Equity Roils South Africa (2013) (0)
- UNU WIDER ST Project Book Chapter The Evolution of Earnings and Employment in South Africa: Tasks, Occupations and Gender, 2000-2015 (2020) (0)
- Planting and Nurturing the Seeds of Equity in Africa (2017) (0)
- The newly unemployed and the UIF take-up rate : implications for the wage subsidy proposal in South Africa (2011) (0)
- Working Paper Series EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A PRODUCTION FUNCTION APPROACH by (2006) (0)
- The economics of culture and cultural statistics in South Africa (2003) (0)
- Changing Dynamics in the South African Labour Market (2021) (0)
- WIDER Working Paper 2014/130 Skills-biased labour demand and the pursuit of inclusive growth in South Africa (2014) (0)
- Consumer price index weights for urban households (2005) (0)
- WIDER Working Paper 2022/114-The effect of wage subsidies on job retention: Evidence from South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022) (0)
- Methodological framework (2018) (0)
- WIDER Working Paper 2020/55-Wage polarization in a high-inequality emerging economy: the case of South Africa (2020) (0)
- Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO 2008 Dialogue - Ahmedabad and Delhi Compendium of Personal and Technical Notes (2008) (0)
- Africa's Job Challenge (2013) (0)
- Property Crime and Inequality: The Case of South Africa (2019) (0)
- Experience with short term job creation: A bibliographical survey (1997) (0)
- Enhancing youth employability : Zambia (2015) (0)
- Higher Education Outcomes in South Africa: The Role of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (2021) (0)
- NONINCOME WELFARE AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA (2015) (0)
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