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Gabrielle Wills

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Department of Economics
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University of Stellenbosch

Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Working papers

  1. Gabrielle Wills & Servaas van der Berg & Leila Patel & Bokang Mpeta, 2020. "Household resource flows and food poverty during South Africa’s lockdown: Short-term policy implications for three channels of social protection," Working Papers 22/2020, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  2. Servaas van der Berg & Gabrielle Wills & Rebecca Selkirk & Charles Adams & Chris van Wyk, 2019. "The cost of repetition in South Africa," Working Papers 13/2019, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  3. Gabrielle Wills & Heleen Hofmeyr, 2018. "Academic Resilience in Challenging Contexts: Evidence From Township and Rural Primary Schools in South Africa," Working Papers 18/2018, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  4. Gabrielle Wills & Servaas van der Berg, 2018. "Measuring leadership and management and their linkages with literacy in rural and township primary schools in South Africa," Working Papers 21/2018, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  5. Gabrielle Wills, 2017. "What do you mean by ‘good’? The search for exceptional primary schools in South Africa’s no-fee school system," Working Papers 16/2017, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  6. Gabrielle Wills & Debra Shepherd & Janeli Kotze, 2016. "Interrogating a Paradox of Performance in the WCED: A Provincial and Regional Comparison of Student Learning," Working Papers 14/2016, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  7. Gabrielle Wills, 2016. "Principal leadership changes in South Africa: Investigating their consequences for school performance," Working Papers 01/2016, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  8. Gabrielle Wills, 2015. "A profile of the labour market for school principals in South Africa: Evidence to inform policy," Working Papers 12/2015, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  9. Gabrielle Wills, 2014. "The Effects of Teacher Strike Activity on Student Learning in South African Primary Schools," Working Papers 402, Economic Research Southern Africa.
  10. Gabrielle, Wills, 2009. "South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile," MPRA Paper 52909, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  11. Dorrit, Posel & Gabrielle, van der Stoep, 2008. "Co-resident and absent mothers: Motherhood and labour force participation in South Africa," MPRA Paper 52907, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  12. van der Stoep, Gabrielle, 2008. "Childbearing and labour force participation in South Africa: sibling composition as an identification strategy?," MPRA Paper 52908, University Library of Munich, Germany.

Articles

  1. Gabrielle Wills & Jesal Kika-Mistry, 2022. "Early childhood care and education access in South Africa during COVID-19: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(5), pages 781-799, September.
  2. Ardington, Cally & Wills, Gabrielle & Pretorius, Elizabeth & Mohohlwane, Nompumelelo & Menendez, Alicia, 2021. "Benchmarking oral reading fluency in the early grades in Nguni languages," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
  3. Ardington, Cally & Wills, Gabrielle & Kotze, Janeli, 2021. "COVID-19 learning losses: Early grade reading in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
  4. Gabrielle Wills, 2020. "Teachers’ unions and industrial action in South African primary schools: Exploring their impacts on learning," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(2), pages 328-347, March.
  5. Wills, Gabrielle, 2016. "Principal leadership changes and their consequences for school performance in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 108-124.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Gabrielle Wills & Servaas van der Berg & Leila Patel & Bokang Mpeta, 2020. "Household resource flows and food poverty during South Africa’s lockdown: Short-term policy implications for three channels of social protection," Working Papers 22/2020, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Shehu Folaranmi Gbolahan Yusuf & Oluwabunmi Oluwaseun Popoola & Lindokhule Gwala & Thinandavha Nesengani, 2021. "Promoting University–Community Alliances in the Experiential Learning Activities of Agricultural Extension Postgraduate Students at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-18, September.
    2. Ardington, Cally & Wills, Gabrielle & Kotze, Janeli, 2021. "COVID-19 learning losses: Early grade reading in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    3. Sophie PLAGERSON & Senzelwe MTHEMBU & Thandi SIMELANE & Khuliso MATIDZA & Anita MWANDA, 2023. "The local economic development effects of income transfers in South Africa. The Social Relief of Distress grant," Working Paper 32d74b80-0ef5-416c-aa00-d, Agence française de développement.
    4. Dorrit Posel & Adeola Oyenubi & Umakrishnan Kollamparambil, 2021. "Job loss and mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from South Africa," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-15, March.
    5. Hofman, Karen J. & Stacey, Nicholas & Swart, Elizabeth C. & Popkin, Barry M. & Ng, Shu Wen, 2021. "South Africa's Health Promotion Levy: excise tax findings and equity potential," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 110921, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    6. Vusi Gumede, 2021. "Revisiting Poverty, Human Development and Inequality in Democratic South Africa," Indian Journal of Human Development, , vol. 15(2), pages 183-199, August.
    7. Chijioke O. Nwosu & Umakrishnan Kollamparambil & Adeola Oyenubi, 2022. "Food insecurity and health outcomes during the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa: a longitudinal study," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-16, December.
    8. Umakrishnan Kollamparambil & Adeola Oyenubi, 2021. "Behavioural response to the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(4), pages 1-19, April.
    9. Servaas van der Berg & Linda Zuze & Grace Bridgman, 2020. "The impact of the Coronavirus and lockdown on children's welfare in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM Wave 1," Working Papers 24/2020, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    10. Isaac Khambule, 2021. "COVID-19 and the Counter-cyclical Role of the State in South Africa," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 21(4), pages 380-396, October.
    11. Simone Schotte & Rocco Zizzamia, 2021. "The livelihood impacts of COVID-19 in urban South Africa: A view from below," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-56, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    12. Victor H Mlambo & Nonoxlo Nomfundo Khuzwayo, 2021. "COVID-19, Food Insecurity and aGovernment Response: Reflections from South Africa," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 19(1), pages 1-14, May.
    13. Grace Bridgman & Servaas van der Berg & Leila Patel, 2020. "Hunger in South Africa during 2020: Results from Wave 2 of NIDS-CRAM," Working Papers 25/2020, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

  2. Servaas van der Berg & Gabrielle Wills & Rebecca Selkirk & Charles Adams & Chris van Wyk, 2019. "The cost of repetition in South Africa," Working Papers 13/2019, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Hofmeyr, Heleen, 2022. "Why do girls do better? Unpacking South Africa’s gender gap in PIRLS and TIMSS," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    2. Chris van Wyk, 2021. "Learner flow through patterns in the Western Cape using CEMIS datasets from 2007 to 2019: A longitudinal cohort analysis," Working Papers 01/2021, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    3. Servaas van der Berg & Chris van Wyk & Rebecca Selkirk, 2020. "Schools in the time of COVID-19: Possible implications for enrolment, repetition and dropout," Working Papers 20/2020, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    4. Rebekka Rühle, 2022. "Mind the gap – an analysis of gender differences in mathematics and science achievement in South Africa," Working Papers 04/2022, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    5. Christina Gravert & Kai Barron & Mette Trier Damgaard & Lisa Norrgren, 2020. "Time Preferences and Medication Adherence: A Field Experiment with Pregnant Women in South Africa," CEBI working paper series 20-29, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI).
    6. Kai Barron & Mette Trier Damgaard & Christina Gravert & Lisa Norrgren, 2022. "Time Preferences and Medication Adherence: Evidence from Pregnant Women in South Africa," CESifo Working Paper Series 9988, CESifo.

  3. Gabrielle Wills & Heleen Hofmeyr, 2018. "Academic Resilience in Challenging Contexts: Evidence From Township and Rural Primary Schools in South Africa," Working Papers 18/2018, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Heleen Hofmeyr, 2019. "Performance Beyond Expectations: Academic Resilience in South Africa," Working Papers 19/2019, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    2. Aleksandra Mikhaylova & Roman Zvyagintsev & Ìarina Pinskaya & Lorin Anderson, 2021. "Differences In School Effectiveness Between Resilient And Struggling Russian Schools," HSE Working papers WP BRP 60/EDU/2021, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

  4. Gabrielle Wills, 2017. "What do you mean by ‘good’? The search for exceptional primary schools in South Africa’s no-fee school system," Working Papers 16/2017, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Gabrielle Wills & Servaas van der Berg, 2018. "Measuring leadership and management and their linkages with literacy in rural and township primary schools in South Africa," Working Papers 21/2018, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    2. Hofmeyr, Heleen, 2021. "Perseverance, passion and poverty: Examining the association between grit and reading achievement in high-poverty schools in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    3. Heleen Hofmeyr, 2020. "Perseverance, Passion, and Poverty: Examining the association between grit and reading achievement in high-poverty schools," Working Papers 06/2020, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    4. Gabrielle Wills & Heleen Hofmeyr, 2018. "Academic Resilience in Challenging Contexts: Evidence From Township and Rural Primary Schools in South Africa," Working Papers 18/2018, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

  5. Gabrielle Wills, 2016. "Principal leadership changes in South Africa: Investigating their consequences for school performance," Working Papers 01/2016, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Robert Cameron & Brian Levy, 2016. "The potential and limits of performance management: Improving basic education in the Western Cape," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series esid-062-16, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    2. Jason A. Grissom & Brendan Bartanen, 2019. "Principal Effectiveness and Principal Turnover," Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press, vol. 14(3), pages 355-382, Summer.
    3. Posel, Dorrit & Grapsa, Erofili, 2017. "Time to learn? Time allocations among children in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 1-10.
    4. Brian Levy & Robert Cameron & Ursula Hoadley & Vinothan Naidoo, 2016. "The politics and governance of basic education: A tale of two South African provinces," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series esid-067-16, GDI, The University of Manchester.

  6. Gabrielle Wills, 2015. "A profile of the labour market for school principals in South Africa: Evidence to inform policy," Working Papers 12/2015, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Gabrielle Wills, 2016. "Principal leadership changes in South Africa: Investigating their consequences for school performance," Working Papers 01/2016, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    2. Martin Gustafsson, 2016. "Teacher supply and the quality of schooling in South Africa. Patterns over space and time," Working Papers 03/2016, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    3. Ursula Hoadley & Brian Levy & Lawule Shumane & Shelly Wilburn, 2016. "Leadership, stakeholders and learner performance in four Western Cape schools," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series esid-061-16, GDI, The University of Manchester.

  7. Gabrielle Wills, 2014. "The Effects of Teacher Strike Activity on Student Learning in South African Primary Schools," Working Papers 402, Economic Research Southern Africa.

    Cited by:

    1. Martin Gustafsson & Carol Nuga Deliwe, 2020. "How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting educational quality in South Africa? Evidence to date and future risks," Working Papers 23/2020, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    2. Wills, Gabrielle, 2016. "Principal leadership changes and their consequences for school performance in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 108-124.
    3. João Pedro & Amer Hasan & Diana Goldemberg & Koen Geven & Syedah Aroob Iqbal, 2021. "Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Schooling and Learning Outcomes: A Set of Global Estimates [Tackling Inequity in Education during and after COVID-19]," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 36(1), pages 1-40.
    4. Darmody, Merike & Smyth, Emer & Russell, Helen, 2020. "The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for policy in relation to children and young people: a research review," Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number SUSTAT94, June.
    5. Paula Armstrong, 2014. "The impact of teacher characteristics on student performance: An analysis using hierarchical linear modelling," Working Papers 25/2014, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    6. Shinsuke Asakawa & Fumio Ohtake, 2021. "Impact of Temporary School Closure Due to COVID-19 on the Academic Achievement of Elementary School Students," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 21-14, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
    7. Abadía Alvarado, Luz Karime & Gómez Soler, Silvia C. & Cifuentes González, Juanita, 2021. "The effect of teacher strikes on academic achievement: Evidence from Colombia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).

  8. Gabrielle, Wills, 2009. "South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile," MPRA Paper 52909, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Smit, Suzanne & Musango, Josephine K., 2015. "Towards connecting green economy with informal economy in South Africa: A review and way forward," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 154-159.
    2. Guild, J. & Shackleton, C.M., 2018. "Informal urban fuelwood markets in South Africa in the context of socio-economic change," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 136-141.
    3. Nimoh, Nana C. & Ali, Abdilahi & Syme, Tony, 2020. "Earnings gaps, Segmentation and Competitiveness in the Ghanaian Labour Market," EconStor Preprints 214817, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    4. Charles Peprah & Veronica Peprah & Kafui Afi Ocloo, 2023. "Improving the socio-economic welfare of women through informal sector activities in Ghana," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 3005-3028, April.

  9. Dorrit, Posel & Gabrielle, van der Stoep, 2008. "Co-resident and absent mothers: Motherhood and labour force participation in South Africa," MPRA Paper 52907, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Ingco, Katrina Nicole & Pilitro, Ver Lyon Yojie, 2016. "Stuck at a Crossroad: A Microeconometric Analysis of Fertility and Married Female Labor Force Supply in the Philippines," MPRA Paper 73351, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Rachel E. Goldberg, 2013. "Family Instability and Pathways to Adulthood in Cape Town, South Africa," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 39(2), pages 231-256, June.

Articles

  1. Ardington, Cally & Wills, Gabrielle & Pretorius, Elizabeth & Mohohlwane, Nompumelelo & Menendez, Alicia, 2021. "Benchmarking oral reading fluency in the early grades in Nguni languages," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Ardington, Cally & Wills, Gabrielle & Kotze, Janeli, 2021. "COVID-19 learning losses: Early grade reading in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).

  2. Ardington, Cally & Wills, Gabrielle & Kotze, Janeli, 2021. "COVID-19 learning losses: Early grade reading in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Guariso, Andrea & Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, 2023. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s learning and wellbeing: Evidence from India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
    2. Mustafa Uğraş & Erdal Zengin & Stamatis Papadakis & Michail Kalogiannakis, 2023. "Early Childhood Learning Losses during COVID-19: Systematic Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-29, April.
    3. Neidhöfer, Guido & Lustig, Nora & Larroulet, Patricio, 2022. "Nowcasting the impact of COVID-19 on education, intergenerational mobility and earnings inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa," ZEW Discussion Papers 22-022, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    4. Christine de la Maisonneuve & Balázs Égert & David Turner, 2022. "Quantifying the macroeconomic impact of COVID-19-related school closures through the human capital channel," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1729, OECD Publishing.
    5. Christine de la Maisonneuve & Balazs Egert & David Turner, 2023. "Quantifying the Macroeconomic Impact of Covid-19-Related School Closures through the Human Capital Channel," CESifo Working Paper Series 10396, CESifo.
    6. Masagazi Joel Yawe & Nnabbanja Harriet, 2024. "Navigating Educational Disruptions: The Impact of COVID-19 on Daily Functioning of Private Secondary Schools," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(2), pages 2294-2306, February.
    7. Marín Llanes, Lucas & Rodríguez Pico, Mariana & Maldonado, Darío & García, Sandra, 2023. "Learning inequality during Covid-19: Evidence from secondary schools in Colombia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    8. Bastian A. Betthäuser & Anders M. Bach-Mortensen & Per Engzell, 2023. "A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence on learning during the COVID-19 pandemic," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 7(3), pages 375-385, March.
    9. Clare Halloran & Rebecca Jack & James C. Okun & Emily Oster, 2021. "Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from US States," NBER Working Papers 29497, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    10. Kika,Jesal Chandrakant & Crouch,Luis A. & Dulvy,Elizabeth Ninan & Thulare,Tshegofatso Desdemona, 2022. "Early Grade Reading in South Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 172983, The World Bank.
    11. Starling-Alves, Isabella & Hirata, Guilherme & Oliveira, João Batista A., 2023. "Covid-19 school closures negatively impacted elementary-school students’ reading comprehension and reading fluency skills," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    12. ASAKAWA Shinsuke & OHTAKE Fumio & SANO Shinpei, 2023. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Academic Achievement of Elementary and Junior High School Students: Analysis using administrative data from Amagasaki City," Discussion papers 23066, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).

  3. Gabrielle Wills, 2020. "Teachers’ unions and industrial action in South African primary schools: Exploring their impacts on learning," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(2), pages 328-347, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Martin Gustafsson & Carol Nuga Deliwe, 2020. "How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting educational quality in South Africa? Evidence to date and future risks," Working Papers 23/2020, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    2. Ardington, Cally & Wills, Gabrielle & Kotze, Janeli, 2021. "COVID-19 learning losses: Early grade reading in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    3. Martin Gustafsson & Stephen Taylor, 2022. "What lies behind South Africa's improvements in PIRLS? An Oaxaca-Blinder analysis of the 2011 and 2016 data," Working Papers 02/2022, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

  4. Wills, Gabrielle, 2016. "Principal leadership changes and their consequences for school performance in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 108-124.

    Cited by:

    1. Robert Cameron & Brian Levy, 2016. "The potential and limits of performance management: Improving basic education in the Western Cape," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series esid-062-16, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    2. Jason A. Grissom & Brendan Bartanen, 2019. "Principal Effectiveness and Principal Turnover," Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press, vol. 14(3), pages 355-382, Summer.
    3. Posel, Dorrit & Grapsa, Erofili, 2017. "Time to learn? Time allocations among children in South Africa," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 1-10.

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  1. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (7) 2014-01-17 2014-02-02 2015-10-25 2016-03-06 2016-09-04 2018-01-08 2019-01-21. Author is listed
  2. NEP-EDU: Education (6) 2014-01-17 2014-02-02 2015-10-25 2016-03-06 2016-09-04 2018-01-08. Author is listed
  3. NEP-AFR: Africa (3) 2014-01-17 2014-02-02 2021-01-04
  4. NEP-DEV: Development (3) 2016-03-06 2018-11-26 2019-01-21

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