Martin Gustafsson

Associate Professor
 
Title: Prof
Email: [protected email address]
Phone: +27 82 853 5951
Office: Based in Tshwane/Pretoria
 
Research interests:
Economics of education (including teacher pay), development economics, cross-country comparisons in education, education policy design, research-policymaking linkages, applied econometrics, multi-year modelling of financial and non-financial values in education planning.
 
Courses lectured:
Economics of education (in collaboration with University of the Witwatersrand)

BER Weekly

25 Jul 2025 Budget hurdle cleared, but US tariff implementation remains a risk
It was another big week on the local political front, but with some constructive momentum. On the trade front, ahead of next week’s 1 August deadline, Trump announced another “massive” trade deal with Japan. The upcoming week is busy, with a slew of global and domestic data releases and several monetary policy decisions, including the SARB....

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