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Haroon Bhorat
Haroon Bhorat is Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
His research interests cover labour economics, poverty and income distribution. He has co-authored two books on labour market and poverty issues in South Africa, and has published more than 150 academic journal articles, book chapters and working papers.
Prof Bhorat has his PhD in Economics through Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a Cornell University research fellow.
Prof Bhorat holds the highly prestigious National Research Chair under the theme of Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequality: Exploring the Interactions for South Africa.
He is a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution affiliated to the Global Economy and Development Program, and the Africa Growth Initiative (AGI), and a Research Fellow at IZA, the Institute for the Study of Labour in Bonn. Prof Bhorat consults with international organizations such as the ILO, the UNDP, the World Bank, Ratings Agencies and emerging market fund managers. He was a member of the UN Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (LEP), and Head of Research for the UN’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Professor Bhorat has undertaken extensive work for several South African government departments – most notably the South African Department of Labour, the Presidency and the National Treasury. He is a Director on the Board of the Western Cape Tourism, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (WESGRO), is a member of the Statistics Council, Statistics South Africa, and sits on the South African Journal of Economics Editorial Board.
He has served on a number of government research advisory panels, and was an economic advisor to the former Minister of Finance, and former Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe, formally serving on the Presidential Economic Advisory Panel.
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Social Assistance Amidst the Covid-19 Epidemic in South Africa: An Impact Assessment
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COVID-19, Social Protection and the Labour Market in South Africa: Are Social Grants being Targeted at the most Vulnerable?
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Social Assistance during South Africa's National Lockdown: Examining the COVID-19 Grant, Changes to the Child Support Grant, and Post-October Policy Options
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The Employment Tax Incentive Scheme in South Africa: An Impact Assessment
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The Economics of COVID-19 in South Africa: Early Impressions
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Jobs and COVID-19: Measuring Work-Related Physical Interaction
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Crime And Inequality In South Africa: Non-Linear Outcomes Under Extreme Inequality
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Measuring Multidimensional Labour Law Violation with an Application to South Africa
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Employment Creation Potential, Labor Skills Requirements, and Skill Gaps for Young People: A Methodological Framework
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Building Economic Complexity in the South African Fibrous Plant Economy
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Minimum Wages and Labor Supply in an Emerging Market: the Case of Mauritius
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Understanding and Characterizing the Services Sector in South Africa: An Overview
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SMMEs in South Africa: Understanding the Constraints on Growth and Performance
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Structural Change and Patterns of Inequality in the South African Labour Market
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The Seychelles Labor Market
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