Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG), value of £20,000: "Minimum wage floors and structural development", with Joshua Budlender (2023-2024).

French Development Agency (AFD), value of €145,000: "Evaluation of local stimulus effects: Jobs and grants programmes", co-principal investigator with Joshua Budlender and Murray Leibbrandt (2021-2023). See here.

Washington Center for Equitable Growth (WCEG), value of $15,000: "Collective bargaining research using tax data in South Africa", principal investigator (2021–2022).

UNU-WIDER, value of $24,000: "Collective bargaining in South Africa", principal investigator (2020-2021). Combined grants through the Southern Africa - Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme. See here.

Social distress and (some) relief: Estimating the impact of pandemic job loss on poverty in South Africa, International Journal of Microsimulation (IJM) 2025, with Joshua Budlender and Maya Goldman. We estimate poverty rates in South Africa using observed rather than simulated shocks and allow for uneven impacts of the pandemic by employment sector and demographic characteristics.

Can minimum wages reduce poverty under low compliance?, Review of Political Economy (ROPE) 2024, with Vimal Ranchhod. We study a 50% increase in the minimum wage of South Africa's agricultural sector,  finding poverty decreases, with smaller effects for the lowest paid workers as explained by endogenous compliance. Conversation.

Stimulus effects of government jobs and grants programmes, Commissioned by Project Management Office in the Presidency of South Africa 2024, with Joshua Budlender and Murray Leibbrandt. We evaluate the local stimulus effects of South Africa's largest public employment programme, by securely tracking the spending of programme participants at the largest retailer. Conversation.

The impact of COVID-19 in South Africa: Labor market and poverty over 2020, South African Journal of Economics (SAJE) 2023, with Joshua Budlender, Rocco Zizzamia and Ronak Jain. We use South African data to present the first estimates of COVID-19-related employment and poverty impacts in a developing country. Media, The Economist.

Exploring the idea that increasing profits is a legitimate operational requirement: Revisiting a 20-year old impulse, South African Law Journal (SALJ) 2023, with Bhavna Ramji and Jeremy Phillips. We argue that the current judicial position in South African labour courts unduly favours employers, partly due to economically incorrect assumptions.

Exclusive growth: Rapidly increasing top incomes amidst low national growth in South Africa, South African Journal of Economics (SAJE) 2020, with Ingrid Woolard. We use tax data to investigate top incomes, finding higher growth partially driven by income from capital. Media.