Debra Shepherd

Stellenbosch University — South Africa

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

12h-index408citations43works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare(15), School Choice and Performance(8), Education Systems and Policy(8), Income, Poverty, and Inequality(6), Student Assessment and Feedback(4)

Publications40 total

Evaluating interventions to promote gender equity in Economics postgraduate programs
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2024
Evaluating interventions to promote gender equity in Economics postgraduate programs
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2024
Divine discontent: aspirations and subjective well-being at a time of social mobility and high inequality
2023
Impact of Migration on Non-Migrant School Completion Rates and Enrolment in South Africa
AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Food insecurity, depressive symptoms, and the salience of gendered family roles during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
Social Science & Medicine·2022· 28 cited
The gendered effects of the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM waves 1–5
Development Southern Africa·2022· 27 cited
How COVID is affecting school attendance in South Africa: piecing together the puzzle
2022
Divine discontent: aspirations and subjective well-being at a time of social mobility and high inequality
Consumption Markets & Culture·2021· 2 cited
A generational catastrophe: COVID-19 and children’s access to education and food in South Africa
Development Southern Africa·2021· 13 cited
Understanding language in education and grade 4 reading performance using a ‘natural experiment’ of Botswana and South Africa
2020
The gendered effects of the ongoing lockdown and school closures in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM Waves 1 and 2
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics·2020· 19 cited
Analysing matric data to identify 'promising' schools in mathematics performance
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics·2020· 1 cited
The big-fish-little-pond effect on grade 9 learners in South Africa
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics·2019
Explaining the Western Cape Performance Paradox
2018· 2 cited
Gender, Self-concept and Mathematics and Science Performance of South African Grade 9 Students
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics·2017· 4 cited
Understanding language in education and grade 4 reading performance using a ‘natural experiment’ of Botswana and South Africa
Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice·2016· 4 cited
The open door of learning -Access restricted: School effectiveness and efficiency across the South African education system
Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)·2016· 5 citedOpen Access
Interrogating a Paradox of Performance in the WCED: A Provincial and Regional Comparison of Student Learning
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics·2016· 3 cited
Continuous assessment and matriculation examination marks – An empirical examination
South African Journal of Childhood Education·2015· 6 citedOpen Access
Continuous assessment and matriculation examination marks – An empirical examination
South African Journal of Childhood Education·2015· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Servaas van der Berg(15), Dieter von Fintel(7), Hélène Maisonnave(7), Margaret Chitiga(7), Ramos Mabugu(7), Véronique Robichaud(7), Bernard Decaluwé(6), C.P.J. Burger(3), Martin Gustafsson(3), Daniela Casale(2), Stephen Taylor(2), Gabrielle Wills(2), Janeli Kotzé(2), Antoinette van der Merwe(2), Nicky Nicholls(2), Ronelle Burger(1), Mia de Vos(1), Gideon du Rand(1), Eldridge Moses(1), Nicholas Spaull(1)