Journal articles

2021

Kerr, A. & Wittenberg, M. (2021), Union wage premia and wage inequality in South Africa, Economic Modelling, 97:255–271.

Oyenubi, A. & Wittenberg, M. (2020), Does the choice of balance-measure matter under genetic matching?, Empirical Economics, 61:489-502.

2020

Kerr, A. & Wittenberg, M. (2020), The Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series, Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 5(1):39-49.

Mosomi, J. & Wittenberg, M. (2020), The Labor Market in South Africa, 2000-2017, IZA World of Labor

Wittenberg, M. & Collinson, M. (2020), Household formation and service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt sub-district 1992–2012, Development Southern Africa, 37(4):708-726.

2017

Wittenberg, M., Collinson, M. & Harris, T. (2017), Decomposing changes in household measures: Household size and services in South Africa, 1994-2012, Demographic Research, vol 37, article 39, pages 1297-1326.

Harris, T., Collinson, M. & Wittenberg, M. (2017), Aiming for a moving target: The dynamics of household electricity connections in a developing context, World Development, vol 97, pp.14-26.

Wittenberg, M. & Leibbrandt, M. (2017), Measuring inequality by asset indices: A general approach with application to South Africa, Review of Income and Wealth, vol 63, no.4, pp.706-730.

Wittenberg, M. (2017), Wages and Wage Inequality in South Africa 1994-2011: Part 1 - Wage Measurement and Trends, South African Journal of Economics, vol 85(2):279-297.

Wittenberg, M. (2017), Wages and Wage Inequality in South Africa 1994-2011: Part 2 - Inequality Measurement and Trends, South African Journal of Economics, vol 85(2):298-318.

Invited Commentary:

Wittenberg, M. (2017), Mathematics and economics: We should expect better models, South African Journal of Science, 113(3/4), Art. #a0215. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/a0215

2015

Wittenberg, M. (2015), Problems with SWIID: The case of South Africa, Journal of Economic Inequality, 13:673-677.

Kerr, A., & Wittenberg, M. (2015), Sampling methodology and fieldwork changes in the October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys. Development Southern Africa, vol. 32(5): 603–612.

2014

Branson, N, & Wittenberg, M. (2014). Reweighting South African National Household Survey Data To Create A Consistent Series Over Time: A Cross-Entropy Estimation Approach. South African Journal of Economics 82(1):19-38.

Kerr, A., Wittenberg, M. and Arrow, J. (2014). Job creation and destruction in South Africa, South African Journal of Economics, 82(1): 1-18.

2013

Wittenberg, M. (2013). Non-Monetary Dimensions of Well-Being: A Comment, Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(6): 826-829.

Ntuli, M. and Wittenberg, M. (2013). Determinants of Black Women's Labour Force Participation in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), vol. 22(3): 347-374.

Wittenberg, M. (2013). The Weight of Success: The Body Mass Index and Economic Well-Being in Southern Africa, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 59: S62-S83.

2011

Wittenberg, M. (2011). Estimating Expenditure Impacts Without Expenditure Data Using Asset Proxies, Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 110(2): 122-125.

2010

Wittenberg, M. (2010). An Introduction to Maximum Entropy and Minimum Cross-Entropy Estimation Using Stata, Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 10(3): 315-330.

2009

Wittenberg, M. (2009). The Intra-Household Allocation of Work and Leisure in South Africa, Social Indicators Research, Springer, vol. 93(1); 159-164.

2008

Wittenberg, M. (2008). To Prey Or Not To Prey? Welfare And Individual Losses In A Conflict Model, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 76(2): 239-265.

2007

Wittenberg, M. and Collinson, M.A. (2007). Household Transitions in Rural South Africa, 1996-2003, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 35(suppl 69): 130-137.

Branson, N. and Wittenberg, M. (2007). The Measurement Of Employment Status In South Africa Using Cohort Analysis, 1994-2004, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 75(2): 313-326.

2006

Wittenberg, M. (2006). Research Note: Errors In The October Household Survey 1994 Available From The South African Data Archive," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 74(4): 766-768.

Lubotsky, D. and Wittenberg, M. (2006). Interpretation of Regressions with Multiple Proxies, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 88(3): 549-562.

2005

Wittenberg, M. (2005). How Young South Africans Spend Their Time, Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure, 28(2): 635-652.

2004

Wittenberg, M. (2004). The Mystery Of South Africa's Ghost Workers In 1996: Measurement And Mismeasurement In The Manufacturing Census, Population Census And October Household Surveys, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 72(5): 1003-1022.

2002

Wittenberg, M. (2002). Job Search In South Africa: A Nonparametric Analysis, South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 70(8): 1163-1196.