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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research

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ACEIR is the first of 13 centres of excellence set up by the African Research Universities Alliance. By producing excellent and innovative policy-relevant research, we aim to lead African research in overcoming inequality & poverty | www.aceir.uct.ac.za

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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research @arua-aceir.bsky.social · Aug 12

🪘 This week sees the first hybrid seminar in our series on African inequalities, with @VimalRanchhod discussing inequalities in human capital & labour market outcomes.

📆 Wednesday, 13 Aug.
⏲️ 1-2 pm CAT
✍️🖥️ bit.ly/45HZVZT

Hosted jointly with @saldru.bsky.social at the University of Cape Town

African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research @arua-aceir.bsky.social · Jul 16

Also @ #IPC2025: Analysis of how more access to primary & secondary education in Ghana played out in the labour market over time. Prelim. findings suggest increased education hasn't led to more wage employment, esp. for women. By Nicola Branson &
Emma Whitelaw @saldru.bsky.social

🔗 bit.ly/4kJqRgi

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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research @arua-aceir.bsky.social · Jul 16

✍️ The authors of 'Disparities in access to paid leave and their implications for gender equality: The case of South Africa' are Jacqueline Mosomi, Muna Shifa, Amy Raub and Jody Heymann.

#gender #education #inequality #LeaveNoOneBehind

African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research @arua-aceir.bsky.social · Jul 16

Access to paid leave is crucial for reducing health & economic inequalities, esp. for women & low-income workers. A new paper by ACEIR researchers & associates reveals big gaps in access to paid leave in South Africa.
Presented @ #IPC2025 @iussp.bsky.social

🔗 bit.ly/469AWzr
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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research @arua-aceir.bsky.social · Jul 15

👇 An exciting call for conference papers on frontier research in applied economics relevant to developing countries!

📊 For presentation to academics, policymakers & subject-matter experts in December

📍 Organised by Economic Research Southern Africa & University of Cape Town's @saldru.bsky.social

SALDRU @saldru.bsky.social · Jul 14

[CALL FOR PAPERS]: SALDRU-ERSA DECEMBER WORKSHOP 2025

Join us in sunny Cape Town on 8-9 December for the 2025 iteration of the annual December Workshop, hosted with Economic Research South Africa!

Keynotes from Joe Kaboski & Taryn Dinkelman.

Submit your papers by 1 September (links in next tweet)

African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research @arua-aceir.bsky.social · Jul 11

#WorldPopulationDay
By 2050, Africa will be the only region with a growing working-age population & will need to produce 2 million jobs/month by 2040 to keep up with the increase in working-age people: study by @davidalam.bsky.social & Murray Leibbrandt

🔗https://bit.ly/45ZF7Ob

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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research @arua-aceir.bsky.social · Jul 7

The growing gap between the rich & poor in especially developing nations impacts development. Join us for a World Bank event where colleague Murray Leibbrandt from SALDRU will input on inequality trends & development policy priorities for sub-Saharan Africa

📅 8 July @ 5 - 6 pm CAT
✍️ bit.ly/44i4Jo7

Sharing Prosperity: Policy Innovations to Tackle Economic Inequality

This event will reflect on the impact economic inequality has on development and development policy, leading into the 11th ECINEQ Meeting.

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