Economic Advisor | Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa
2007 - present

Professor | School of Economics | University of Cape Town
2000 - present

Director | Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics | University of Cape Town
2000 - present

Deputy Dean: Research | Faculty of Commerce | University of Cape Town
2000 - present

Academia, Education and Training

Lecturer (Labour Economics) | Certificate Programme on Industrial Relations (CPIR) | University of the Witwatersrand
1996 - present

Business School

Ecocnomic Advisor to President Thabo Mbeki | Office of the President | Government of South Africa

Member | Technical Working Group (TWG) of the JIPSA

Member | Expert Panel on Taxation & SMEs, South African Revenue Services

Member | Editorial Board, Frontiers | South African Reserve Bank

Member | Editorial Board | New Agenda

Member of Editorial Board | South African Journal of Economics

Academia, Education and Training

Board Member | Centre for Policy Studies | University of the Witwatersrand

Deputy Director | Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town
1999 - 2000

Senior Researcher | Development Policy Research Unit | University of Cape Town
1997 - 1998

Research Co-ordinator | Comprehensive Labour Market Commission, Ministry of Labour, Government of South Africa
1996 - 1997

Lecturer | Department of Economics | University of Cape Town
1993 - 1996

Completed 2003

Doctor of Economics

Completed 1996

Master of Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Completed 1992

Coursework Component of Master of Economics

University of Cape Town

Completed 1991

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

University of Cape Town

Bachelor of Arts

Pifer Award | The Pifer Award is for outstanding work in the research area of Poverty, Inequality and Labour Markets

UCT Meritorious Award | University of Cape Town

Staff Development Award | University of Cape Town

Individual Scholarship Award | Ford Foundation

Tuition Scholarship Award Class Medal, Economics 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Book | HSRC Press. | 2006

Co-Editor

Book | UCT Press | 2001

Co-Author

Chapters in various books

Various scientific journal articles

Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition

Member

Employment Conditions Commission

Member

Research Advisory Panel, Working for Water Programme, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

Member

Advisory Committee for Labour Force Survey, Department of Labour

Member