Data Manager for the National Income Dynamics Study

Posted by Alison Siljeur | 21 Aug, 2008

SALDRU has been appointed to conduct the baseline survey of the National Income Dynamics Study on behalf of The Presidency. This major study has involved interviewing approximately 30 000 individuals of all ages in about 7000 households across the country. These individuals will be re-interviewed at two year intervals. Data collection is nearing completion and we now require someone to manage the preparation of the data for public release. The initial contract period will be for six months.  View the advert.

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Discounting, relative prices and the Stern Report

Posted by Alison Siljeur | 7 Nov, 2007

The Environmental Policy Research Unit within SALDRU invites you to the following seminar:

Professor Thomas Sterner of Gothenburg University, Sweden, will be speaking at 13h00 on Wednesday 7th November. His talk will be based on the current climate change debate.  A recent paper on the topic by him was published by the US environmental think tank, Resources for the Future, and is available electronically at www.rff.org/Documents/RFF-DP-07-37.pdf

Venue: LC2B

This is the seminar room on the ground floor of the commerce building next to the faculty office entrance/reception. Snacks will be served at 12h30.  All are welcome.

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African nations urged to count all residents by 2014

Posted by Alison Siljeur | 15 Feb, 2007
- by Pali Lehohla, Business Report
Until recently, population censuses in Africa had fallen on hard times. They were characterised by irregularity, incompleteness and inaccuracy. When they did occur, governments often lacked the capacity and ability to use the information collected. Policy formulation, and the monitoring of programme implementation and socioeconomic development, took place in a statistical vacuum.
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Evaluation of Bank Research

Posted by Alison Siljeur | 15 Feb, 2007
The Senior Vice President and Chief Economist requested an independent evaluation of all research activities carried out by the World Bank, both in its Development Economics Vice-Presidency and in other Bank units, between 1998 and 2005. Murray Leibbrandt (director of SALDRU) and Martin Wittenberg was part of the panel. Read More and view the report...

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Release of the Financial Diaries dataset

Posted by Alison Siljeur | 26 Apr, 2006
On the 3rd of May 2006, the Financial Diaries dataset will be released to the public. The dataset will be made available through DataFirst at the University of Cape Town. The data can be accessed at www.datafirst.uct.ac.za

Time: 13h00
Date: Wednesday, 3rd May 2006
Venue: Room 614, Leslie Commerce Building

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Advance Course in Stata Programming

Posted by Alison Siljeur | 13 Jan, 2006
Avanced course in Stata Programming
17th to 19th January 2005, University of Cape Town

Presented by:
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), University of Cape Town, in collaboration with the School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA

Target Audience: Master's students, Ph.D. students and academic staff members. Prerequisites: Experience with issuing commands and analysing data in STATA. (No knowledge of programming is assumed)

Find out more about the course.

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