The Department
Research Associates
The Department has appointed a number of research associates:
 | Caryn Bredenkamp Lead Economist, World Bank Research interests: Health economics |
 | Estian Calitz Stellenbosch University (Emeritus Professor and Research Associate) Research interests: Public Economics, Economic policy |
 | Lars Christensen Founder and CEO, Markets & Money Advisory Research interests: Monetary policy and theory, monetary history, alternative monetary systems and Emerging Markets |
 | Katherine Eriksson University of California Davis Research interests: Economic history, labor economics, and development economics. My research focuses on early 20th century US economic history. I also am interested in South African education policy and economic history. |
 | Leigh Gardner London School of Economics, UK Research interests: Economic history |
 | Erik Green Lund University, Sweden Research interests: Economic History |
 | Jan Kiviet Emeritus Professor of Econometrics, Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Research interests: Relationships with Endogenous Explanatories, Dynamic Panel Data Analysis, Monte Carlo Simulation and Testing, Finite Sample Issues, Asymptotic Expansions, Exact Inference, Bootstrap, History of Statistics and Econometrics. |
 | Ramos Mabugu Sol Plaatje University, Kimberly Research interests: Public economics, Development economics |
 | Martine Mariotti Australian National University, Australia Research interests: Economic history |
 | Nonso Obikili ERSA Policy Associate Research interests: Economic History, Development Economics |
 | Trudy Owens Nottingham University, UK Research interests: Development economics |
 | Ian Stuart Chief Director: Fiscal Policy Unit, National Treasury Research interests: Public Economics |
 | Stephen Taylor Department of Basic Education, South African government Research interests: Economics of education, Labour economics |
 | Ramazan Uctu Research interests: Innovation systems, technological entrepreneurship |
 | Marianne Wanamaker University of Tennessee Research interests: Labor economics and workforce development, education, American economic history and demography |
 | Thomas Wilkinson Researcher, PRICELESS Centre, WITS School of Public Health Research interests: Health Economics |
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3 October 2022There was lots to digest last week, with global news headlines covering the extreme volatility of UK financial markets, energy-related developments in Europe amid suspected sabotage of a key gas pipeline, the ‘annexation’ of parts of Ukraine by Russia and the devastation left in the wake of hurricane Ian in the US. Against this tumultuous global backdrop,...
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