Research:

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Research

My research focuses on policy-relevant analysis of labor markets in developing countries, with a primary emphasis on the informal economy and South Africa. I have also worked on income mobility research.

Recent work includes:

“(Re)conceptualizing Poverty and Informal Employment” (with M. Rogan) In M. Chen and F. Carre (editors) The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future. Routledge. Forthcoming.

“Informal-sector employment and poverty reduction in South Africa: The contribution of ‘informal’ sources of income” (with M. Rogan) In F. Fourie (editor) The South African Informal Sector: Creating Jobs, Reducing Poverty. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, HSRC Press. 2018.