Working papers

Kerr, A. (2021). Measuring earnings inequality in South Africa using household survey and administrative tax microdata. WIDER Working Paper 2021/82.

Kerr, A., Ardington, C. and Burger, R. (2020). Sample Design and Weighting in the NIDS-CRAM Survey. NIDS CRAM Technical Document B

Kerr, A. and McDougall, B. (2020). What is a firm census in a developing country? An answer from Ghana. DataFirst and SALDRU Working Paper 262, CSAE Working Paper WPS 2020-11.

Machemedze, T., Kerr, A. and Dorrington, R. (2020) South African population projection and household survey sample weight recalibration. WIDER Working Paper 2020/67

Kerr, A. (2020). Earnings in the South African Revenue Service IRP5 data. WIDER Working Paper 2020/62.

Kerr, A and Thornton, A (2020). Essential Workers, Working from Home and Job loss Vulnerability in South Africa. DataFirst Technical Paper 41.

We wrote a summary for Businessday and it was also covered by Daily Maverick. You can download the classifications of essential workers and those who can work from home here, as well as the Stata code to replicate our results.

Antrobus, L and Kerr, A (2019). The Labour Market for Minibus Taxi Drivers in South Africa. DataFirst/SALDRU Working Paper 250.

Kerr, A and McDougall, B. (2019). Agglomeration, Urbanization and Employment growth in Ghana: Evidence from an Industry-District Panel. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 8946.

Wittenberg, M and Kerr, A. (2019). Wage Determination In South Africa: The Case Of The Union Wage Premium Since The End Of Apartheid. REDI Working paper 56.

Kerr, A and Wittenberg, M. (2019). Earnings and employment microdata in South Africa. UNU WIDER Working Paper 2019/47.

Kerr, A. 2018. Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor. Background note for the World Bank's Systematic Country Diagnostic for South Africa.

Kerr, A and Wittenberg, M. (2017). Public sector wages and employment in South Africa. REDI Working paper 42.

Fourie, F and Kerr, A. (2017). Informal sector Employment Creation in South Africa: What can the SESE Enterprise Survey tell us? REDI working paper 32.

Kerr, A and Piraino, P and Ranchhod, V. (2016). Estimating the size and impact of Affirmative Action at the University of Cape Town. SALDRU working Paper 172.

Kerr, A. (2016). Job flows, worker flows, and churning in South Africa. UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2016/37

Davies, E and Kerr, A. (2015). Firm Survival and Change in Ghana 2003-2013. CSAE Working Paper WPS/2015-06.

Kerr, A (2015). The Life Cycle of South African Manufacturing Firms. DataFirst Technical Paper number 33

Kerr, A. (2015). Tax(i)ing the poor? Commuting costs in South Africa. REDI Working paper 12.

Also available as a SALDRU working paper.

Kerr, A (2015). An introduction to the Manpower Survey Data. DataFirst Technical Paper number 32

Kerr, A (2015). An analysis of the data quality of the Surveys of Employers and Self-Employed. DataFirst Technical Paper number 31.

Recalibrating the OHSs to adjust for sampling changes” with Takwanisa Machemedze and Martin Wittenberg (2014). DataFirst Technical Paper number 28.

Kerr, A. (2012). A model of comparative advantage with matching in the urban Tanzanian labour market, CSAE Working Paper WPS/2012-21.

Other writing

Kerr, A (2013). Understanding Labour Demand in South Africa and the Importance of Data Sources. LMIP Working Paper 5.

Kerr, A and Wittenberg, M (2012). Criticisms of the Adcorp Employment Index

Wittenberg, M and Kerr, A (2012). Science and Nonsense. Further Criticisms of Adcorp.