Rulof Burger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rulof P. Burger

D.Phil (Oxon), M.Phil (Cantab), M.Comm (Stell)

 

Address: Room 619, Economics Department, CGW Schumann building, Stellenbosch

Phone: +27 (0)21 808 2328

Email: rulof @sun.ac.za

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Research interests: Micro-econometrics, Labour Economics, Microeconomics, Development Economics

Courses lectured:

• Graduate Econometrics (Programme evaluation, Nonparamtric estimation, Panel data, Limited dependent variables, Structural estimation)
• Graduate Microeconomics (Game theory, Behavioural Economics)
• Graduate Macroeconomics (Growth theory)
• Graduate Mathematical Economics
• Graduate & undergraduate Labour Economics
• Graduate & undergraduate Development Economics.

 

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Abel, M., and Burger R.P. (forthcoming) Name-Based Race Discrimination: The Role of Heuristics. Review of Economics and Statistics.
• Abel, M., and Burger R.P. (forthcoming) Choice Over Payment Schemes and Worker Effort. Experimental Economics.
• Botha, B., Burger, R.P., Kotzé, K., Rankin, N. & Steenkamp, D. (2023). Big data forecasting of South African inflation. Empirical Economics 65: 149-188.
• Burger, R.P., Jafta, R., von Fintel, D. (2022). The Effectiveness of Affirmative Action Policies in South Africa. In: Deshpande, A. (eds) Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action. Springer, Singapore.
• Rossouw, L., Burger, R.P. and Burger, R. (2021). Testing an Incentive-Based and Community Health Worker Package Intervention to Improve Maternal Health and Nutrition Outcomes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Maternal and child health journal, 25(12), pp.1913-1922.
• Abel, M., Burger R.P., Piraino P. (2020) The Value of Reference Letters: Experimental Evidence from South Africa. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 12(3): 40-71.
• Abel, M., Burger R.P., Carranza E, Piraino P. (2019) Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap? The Effect ofPlan-Making Prompts on Job Search and Employment. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 11(2): 1-19.
• Burger R., Burger, R.P. & Rossouw, L. (2019). An incentive-based and community health worker package intervention to improve early utilization of antenatal care: Evidence from a pilot randomised controlled trial. Maternal and Child Health Journal 23(5): 633-640.
• Burger, R. P. & McLaren, Z., (2017). An Econometric Method for Estimating Population Parameters from Non-Random Samples: An application to clinical case finding. Health Economics 26: 1110-1122.
• Burger, R. P., Coetzee, L.C., Kreuser, C.F., Rankin, N.A., (2017). Income and price elasticities of demand in South Africa: An application of the linear expenditure system. South African Journal of Economics 85(4): 491-514.
• Burger, R.P. & Teal, F.J. (2015). The effect of schooling on worker productivity: Evidence from a South African industry panel. Journal of African Economies 24(5): 629-644.
• Burger, R. P., Van der Berg, S. & Von Fintel, D. (2015). The unintended consequences of education policies on South African participation and unemployment. South African Journal of Economics 83(1): 74-100.