[DEADLINE EXTENSION]: SALDRU-ERSA DECEMBER WORKSHOP

We're excited to announce that you still have time to submit your papers to our December Workshop, hosted with Economic Research South Africa! We've extended the submission deadline to 12 September!

For more info: econrsa.org/events/the-e...

Come work with me at the City of #capetown - https://uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/2025-08/com-e25810-datascientist-jpal-saldru-soe.pdf

The job says data scientist, but really this is a #dataengineering position. We run a decent Open Source, modern data stack, but what sets us apart is our […]

This is shocking (but not surprising).

It looks like the SALDRU income comparison tool is no longer available, but this article about it from 2019 says that "79% of the country’s population live in households where the per capita income is lower than the minimum wage of R3,500".

[CALL FOR PAPERS]: SALDRU-ERSA DECEMBER WORKSHOP 2025

Join us in sunny Cape Town on 8-9 December for the 2025 iteration of the annual December Workshop, hosted with Economic Research South Africa!

Keynotes from Joe Kaboski & Taryn Dinkelman.

Submit your papers by 1 September (links in next tweet)

The growing gap between the rich & poor in especially developing nations impacts development. Join us for a World Bank event where colleague Murray Leibbrandt from SALDRU will input on inequality trends & development policy priorities for sub-Saharan Africa

📅 8 July @ 5 - 6 pm CAT
✍️ bit.ly/44i4Jo7

[READ]: Youth unemployment & the search for meaningful pathways to employment

In the lead article of this month's SALDRU newsletter, Ariane De Lannoy uses QLFS data to reflect on disconnected youth, and lessons learned from the Basic Package of Support.

saldru.uct.ac.za/articles/202...

Join SALDRU for two 1-week Stata training courses at UCT in July 2025! Applications close 23 June.

1) Social science research using survey data: 7-11 July 2025

2) Data wrangling with Stata: How to manage your empirical research project: 14-18 July 2025

saldru.uct.ac.za/articles/202...

Excellent discussion around Tackling Inequality for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction, at the side event for SALDRU's South Africa at 30 Years of Democracy conference. @saldru.bsky.social #sa@30 #saldru

[New SALDRU Working Paper]:

Horn, A.J. (@aidanhorn.bsky.social), Leibbrandt, M., Donaldson, A. (2025). Occupational Polarization in South Africa: Evidence from the Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series. (SALDRU WP 312)

opensaldru.uct.ac.za/handle/11090...

[New SALDRU Working Paper]:

Essa, Z (@zak-e.bsky.social). (2025). Public employment and livelihood trajectories in South Africa's constrained labour market. (SALDRU WP 311)

opensaldru.uct.ac.za/handle/11090...

🔥 Register now for the South Africa at 30 Years of Democracy Conference!

Day 1 dives deep into 12 key policy areas—starting with fiscal, industrial & trade policies. What worked? What didn't? What’s next? 🚀

Register here: lnkd.in/g_k7zgHj

#SA30Years #SouthAfrica #DemocracyAt30 #SALDRU

Horn, A.J., Leibbrandt, M. & Donaldson, A. 2025. Occupational Polarization in South Africa: Evidence from the Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series. (SALDRU working paper 312). Available: www.opensaldru.uct.ac.za/handle/11090...

📢 SALDRU is proud to host the "South Africa at 30 Years of Democracy" conference at UCT! 🇿🇦🎉 A deep dive into our progress since 1994 & pathways for the future.

📅 Funded by AFD and the EU Commission, supported by the Presidency, Treasury ZA & NPC.

#SA30 #Democracy #Research

From 2-4 April, SALDRU will be hosting the SA@30 Conference, where we will bring together policymakers, economists, academics, business & civil society to discuss the past, present & future of SA's policy landscape.

See the programme & register to attend!

saldru.uct.ac.za/sa30

Hello, Bluesky #EconSky! We're the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at UCT, dedicated to challenging inequalities through policy-relevant academic research. We are one of the leading Labour & Development #Economics units on the continent. Explore our work: saldru.uct.ac.za

Very proud to have contributed with colleagues at @lseinequalities.bsky.social, SALDRU (Univ of Cape Town) & African Centre for Excellence in Inequality Research, and elsewhere, to this pathbreaking volume analysing inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

www.afd.fr/en/ressource...

Come attend the 2024 SALDRU December Workshop!

12-13 December, School of Economics, U of Cape Town.

We've got a great list of speakers, and v pleased the keynote will be Dennis Egger (@eggerdennis.bsky.social) presenting "Slack & Economic Development".

All welcome! RSVP: forms.gle/cwdPjw7iEjqa...

Do you want to visit sunny summer Cape Town? Are you doing innovative Economics research? Present at the
SALDRU December Workshop!

While first full workshop will start next year, we are also holding an ad-hoc version this year, *12-13 December 2024*.

Details: www.saldru.uct.ac.za/2024/10/03/s...