My main area of research interest is development economics, with special focus on education and health.
CS Christian, UG Gerdtham, D Hompashe, A Smith, R Burger. 2018. Measuring Quality Gaps in TB Screening in South Africa Using Standardised Patient Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 15 (4), 1-10
R Burger, CS Christian, UG Gerdtham, K Haal, DM Hompashe, A Smith, 2019. Use of simulated patients to assess hypertension case management at public healthcare facilities in South Africa. Journal of Hypertension 38 (2), 362-367
D Gonese, D Hompashe, K Sibanda. 2019. The impact of electricity prices on sectoral output in South Africa from 1994 to 2015. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies. 10(2), 198 -211
B Hlafa, K Sibanda, DM Hompashe. 2019. The Impact of Public Health Expenditure on Health Outcomes in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental research and Public Health 16 (16), 2993
D Hompashe, UG Gerdtham, CS Christian, A Smith, R Burger. 2021. 'The nurse did not even greet me': how informed versus non-informed patients evaluate health systems responsiveness in South Africa. BMJ Global Health 6 (4) e004360.
Wiseman V, Lagarde M, Kovacs R, et al. 2019.Using unannounced standardised patients to obtain data on quality of care in low-income and middle-income countries: key challenges and opportunities. BMJ Global Health 4 (5).
DM Hompashe. 2024. Does instructional leadership drive educational improvement in South Africa? Evidence from Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis. Development Southern Africa. 41(2), 404–426. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2024.2309455.
R Burger, A Gray, D Hompashe. 2022. Information and Indicators for Accountability. In M.P. Matsoso, U. Chikte, L. Makubalo, Y. Pillay and R. Fryatt. (Eds), The South African Health Reforms 2015-2020: The Road Ahead, Trackstar Trading for Wits Health Consortium, (320-360).
Hompashe, D.M. 2024. Does instructional leadership drive educational improvement in South Africa? Evidence from Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis. Development Southern Africa. 41(2), 404-426.
Leonard, K. and Hompashe, D. 2024. Untapped human capital in Africa. International Journal of Educational Development. 109(103098).
D Hompashe. 2018. Instructional leadership and academic performance: Eastern Cape educators’ perceptions and quantitative evidence. Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics Working Papers
Provider signalling and asymmetric information in healthcare markets: Evidence from a Standardised Patient study in South Africa. With Anja Smith, Ronelle Burger, Ulf-G Gerdtham, Carmen Christian and Karel Haal.
D Hompashe. Instructional leadership and academic performance: Eastern Cape educators’ perceptions and quantitative evidence. Centre for the Study of African Economies’ Conference in 2019, Oxford, England. March 2019.
D Hompashe, R Burger, U Gerdtman, C Christian, A Smith. Patient satisfaction as a measure of clinical quality in South Africa’s public primary healthcare facilities. International Health Economics Association’s Conference in 2017 in Boston, 6-11 July 2017.
D Hompashe“Does leadership matter in South African schools? Educators’ perceptions and multivariate analysis.” RISE-RESEP Workshop in Stellenbosch University 1-2 March 2018.
D Hompashe, Instructional leadership and academic performance: Eastern Cape educators‘ perceptions and qualitative evidence. ESSA Conference, Grahamstown, Rhodes University, 30 August – 1 September 2017.
Anja Smith, Carmen Christian, Dumisani Hompashe, Ulf G. Gerdtham and Ronelle Burger.12 June 2020. Who’s last in the healthcare queue? Evidence from mystery patient visits and household surveys