Murray Leibbrandt
Professor, School of Economics, University of Cape Town.
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Dr. Leibbrandt, Director of the Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit at UCT, specializes in research on inequality in labor markets in South Africa. He has directed the South African research team on a multi-country study of Poverty, Inequality and Labor Markets in Africa. He collaborates with David Lam on several projects.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Dinkelman, Taryn, David Lam, and Murray Leibbrandt. 2008. "Linking Poverty and Income Shocks to Risky Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Study of Young Adults in Cape Town." South African Journal of Economics, 76(S1): 53-74. PMCID:PMC2546606. DOI:10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00170.x. Licensed Access.
Dinkelman, Taryn, David Lam, and Murray Leibbrandt. 2007. "Household and community income, economic shocks and risky sexual behavior of young adults: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study 2002 and 2005." AIDS, 21 Suppl 7: 49-56. PMCID:PMC2538362. DOI:10.1097/01.aids.0000300535.05226.a9. Licensed Access.
Collins, D.L., and Leibbrandt, Murray. 2007. "The financial impact of HIV/AIDS on poor households in South Africa." AIDS, 21(Suppl7): S75-S81. DOI:10.1097/01.aids.0000300538.28096.1c. Licensed Access.
Ardington, Cally, David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and Matthew Welch. 2006. "The sensitivity to key data imputations of recent estimates of income poverty and inequality in South Africa." Economic Modelling, 23(5): 822-835. PMCID:PMC2546610. DOI:10.1016/j.econmod.2005.10.009. Licensed Access.
Leibbrandt, Murray. 2006. "Special issue - Ninth Annual Conference on Econometric Modelling for Africa, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, 2004." Economic Modelling, 23(5): 737-737. DOI:10.1016/j.econmod.2005.10.004. Licensed Access.
Schoer, V., and Leibbrandt, Murray. 2006. "Determinants of job search strategies: Evidence from the Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain Survey." South African Journal of Economics, 74(4): 702-724. DOI:10.1111/j.1813-6982.2006.00099.x. Licensed Access.
Burns, J., Keswell, M., and Murray Leibbrandt. 2005. "Social assistance, gender, and the aged in South Africa." Feminist Economics, 11(2): 103-115. DOI:10.1080/13545700500115944. Licensed Access.
Cichello, P.L., Fields, G.S., and Murray Leibbrandt. 2005. "Earnings and employment dynamics for Africans in post-apartheid South Africa: A panel study of KwaZulu-Natal." Journal of African Economies, 14(2): 143-190. DOI:10.1093/jae/eji001. Licensed Access.
Ardington, C., David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and James A. Levinsohn. 2004. "Savings, insurance and debt over the post-apartheid period: A review of recent research." South African Journal of Economics, 72(3): 604-640.
Chapters
Lam, David, Murray Leibbrandt, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2006. "Labor Force Withdrawal of the Elderly in South Africa." In Advancing the Research Agenda on Aging in Africa edited by Jane Menken and Barney Cohen. Washington DC : National Academies Press.
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