Servaas van der Berg

Stellenbosch University — South Africa

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare(83), Income, Poverty, and Inequality(51), Education Systems and Policy(51), School Choice and Performance(36), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth(11)

Publications209 total

<div> What SA-SAMS and Lurits Data Tells us about Education: New Insights from Administrative Data</div>
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
South Africa: COVID-19 Learning Losses and Attempts at Recovery in a Poorly Performing and Unequal Education System
Evaluating education: Normative systems and institutional practices·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
COVID-19 disruptions and education in South Africa: Two years of evidence
Development Southern Africa·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Are South African children on track for early learning? Findings from the South African Thrive By Five Index 2021 Survey
Child Indicators Research·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Some real but mostly unconsidered costs hiding in the dark corners of load shedding
South African Journal of Science·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Evaluating the demand, supply and impact of early childhood development programmes in South Africa
Development Southern Africa·2023· 8 cited
Education and Skills for the Economy and Links to Labour Markets in South Africa
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Covid-19 Disruptions and Education in South Africa: Two Years of Evidence
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
What rich new education data can tell us: New insights into learner flows, assessment, learner mobility and the subjects teachers teach
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Household Resource Flows and Food Poverty during South Africa’s Lockdown: Short-Term Policy Implications for Three Channels of Social Protection
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 44 citedOpen Access
Here’s how much learning South African children lost in the pandemic
2022
Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5
Development Southern Africa·2022· 82 citedOpen Access
School teacher supply and demand in South Africa in 2019 and beyond
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Learning Losses From COVID-19 in the Western Cape: Evidence From Systemic Tests
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022· 25 citedOpen Access
Education Access and "Learning Poverty" in Seven Southern African Countries
2021· 3 cited
COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa
2021· 3 cited
Food Insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM Wave 5
SSRN Electronic Journal·2021· 17 citedOpen Access
Learner flows through schools: Using high quality administrative data to understand education system performance
SSRN Electronic Journal·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
Estimating the Impact of Five Early Childhood Development Programmes Against a Counterfactual
SSRN Electronic Journal·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Counting the cost: COVID-19 school closures in South Africa and its impact on children
South African Journal of Childhood Education·2020· 92 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ronelle Burger(10), Megan Louw(10), Derek Yu(8), Nicholas Spaull(3), Martin Gustafsson(3), Frederik Booysen(2), Gideon du Rand(2), Rulof Burger(2), Leila Patel(2), Hendrik van Broekhuizen(2), Gabrielle Wills(2), Stephen Taylor(2), Caryn Bredenkamp(2), C.P.J. Burger(2), Eldridge Moses(2), Michael von Maltitz(1), Haroon Bhorat(1), Murray Leibbrandt(1), Muzi Maziya(1), Ingrid Woolard(1)