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Derek Yu

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First Name:Derek
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Terminal Degree:2012 Department of Economics; Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences; University of Stellenbosch (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
University of the Western Cape

Bellville, South Africa
http://www.uwc.ac.za/Faculties/EMS/
RePEc:edi:feuwcza (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Tina Fransman & Derek Yu, 2018. "Multidimensional poverty in South Africa in 2001-2016," Working Papers 07/2018, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  2. Derek Yu & Fadwah Fredericks, 2017. "The effect of Affirmative Action on the reduction of employment discrimination, 1997-2015," Working Papers 681, Economic Research Southern Africa.
  3. Derek Yu & Atoko Kasongo & Mariana Moses, 2016. "Examining the performance of the South African economics departments, 2005-2014," Working Papers 13/2016, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  4. Derek Yu & Rochelle Beukes & Simba Murozvi & Tina Fransman, 2016. "Underemployment in South Africa," Working Papers 575, Economic Research Southern Africa.
  5. Atoko Kasongo & Derek Yu & Lyle Festus & Mariana Moses, 2015. "The South African labour market, 1995-2013," Working Papers 493, Economic Research Southern Africa.
  6. Ronelle Burger & Servaas van der Berg & Sarel van der Walt & Derek Yu, 2015. "The long walk: Considering the enduring spatial and racial dimensions of deprivation two decades after the fall of apartheid," Working Papers 17/2015, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  7. Haroon Bhorat & Karmen Naidoo & Derek Yu, 2014. "Trade Unions in an Emerging Economy: The Case of South Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-055, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  8. Derek Yu, 2013. "Youth unemployment in South Africa since 2000 revisited," Working Papers 04/2013, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  9. Derek Yu, 2013. "Poverty and inequality estimates of National Income Dynamics Study revisited," Working Papers 05/2013, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  10. Derek Yu, 2013. "Some factors influencing the comparability and reliability of poverty estimates across household surveys," Working Papers 03/2013, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  11. Ad̩l Bosch & Derek Yu, 2012. "Trends on the hours worked of the employed, 1997 Р2011," Working Papers 302, Economic Research Southern Africa.
  12. Ada Jansen & Elizabeth Stoltz & Derek Yu, 2012. "Improving the targeting of zero-rated basic foodstuffs under value added tax (VAT) in South Africa - An exploratory analysis," Working Papers 07/2012, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  13. Derek Yu, 2012. "Youths in the South African labour market since the transition: A study of changes between 1995 and 2011," Working Papers 18/2012, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  14. Derek Yu, 2010. "Defining and measuring informal employment in South Africa: A review of recent approaches," Working Papers 09/2010, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  15. Derek Yu, 2010. "Poverty and inequality trends in South Africa using different survey data," Working Papers 04/2010, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  16. Stephen Taylor & Derek Yu, 2009. "The importance of socio-economic status in determining educational achievement in South Africa," Working Papers 01/2009, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  17. Sebastian Levine & Servaas van der Berg & Derek Yu, 2009. "Measuring the impact of social cash transfers on poverty and inequality in Namibia," Working Papers 25/2009, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  18. Eldridge Moses & Derek Yu, 2009. "Migration from the Northern Cape," SALDRU Working Papers 32, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
  19. Derek Yu, 2009. "The comparability of Census 1996, Census 2001 and Community Survey 2007," Working Papers 21/2009, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  20. Derek Yu, 2009. "The comparability of Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS)," Working Papers 08/2009, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  21. Derek Yu, 2008. "The South African labour market: 1995 – 2006," Working Papers 05/2008, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  22. Judith Streak & Derek Yu & Servaas van der Berg, 2008. "How invariant is South African child poverty to the choice of equivalence scale or poverty measure?," Working Papers 13/2008, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  23. Pietie Horn & Ada Jansen & Derek Yu, 2008. "What explains the academic success of second-year economics students? An exploratory analysis," Working Papers 22/2008, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  24. Hassan Essop & Derek Yu, 2008. "Alternative definitions of informal sector employment in South Africa," Working Papers 21/2008, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  25. Derek Yu, 2008. "The comparability of Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995, 2000 and 2005/2006," Working Papers 11/2008, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  26. Hassan Essop & Derek Yu, 2008. "The South African informal sector (1997 – 2006)," Working Papers 03/2008, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  27. Derek Yu, 2007. "The comparability of the Statistics South Africa October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys," Working Papers 17/2007, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  28. Derek Yu & Sihaam Nieftagodien, 2007. "Poverty and Migration: Evidence from the Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain Area," SALDRU Working Papers 11, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
  29. Servaas van der Berg & Ronelle Burger & Rulof Burger & Megan Louw & Derek Yu, 2007. "A series of national accounts-consistent estimates of poverty and inequality in South Africa," Working Papers 09/2007, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  30. Servaas van der Berg & Megan Louw & Derek Yu, 2007. "Post-transition poverty trends based on an alternative data source," Working Papers 08/2007, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  31. Megan Louw & Servaas van der Berg & Derek Yu, 2006. "Educational attainment and intergenerational social mobility in South Africa," Working Papers 09/2006, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  32. Rulof Burger & Derek Yu, 2006. "Wage trends in post-apartheid South Africa: Constructing an earnings series from household survey data," Working Papers 10/2006, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  33. Servaas van der Berg & Ronelle Burger & Rulof Burger & Megan Louw & Derek Yu, 2005. "Trends in poverty and inequality since the political transition," Working Papers 01/2005, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.

Articles

  1. Derek Yu, 2020. "Employment quality index for the South African labour market," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(2), pages 276-294, March.
  2. Jade Feder & Derek Yu, 2020. "Employed yet poor: low-wage employment and working poverty in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(3), pages 363-381, May.
  3. Faeez Nackerdien & Derek Yu, 2019. "A panel data analysis of the formal-informal sector labour market linkages in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(3), pages 329-350, May.
  4. Tina Fransman & Derek Yu, 2019. "Multidimensional poverty in South Africa in 2001–16," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(1), pages 50-79, January.
  5. Fadwah Fredericks & Derek Yu, 2018. "Examining employment discrimination in South Africa, 1997–2016," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(4), pages 527-553, July.
  6. Derek Yu & Atoko Kasongo & Mariana Moses, 2017. "Examining the Performance of the South African Economics Departments, 2005-2014," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 85(1), pages 138-158, March.
  7. Ronelle Burger & Servaas Berg & Sarel Walt & Derek Yu, 2017. "The Long Walk: Considering the Enduring Spatial and Racial Dimensions of Deprivation Two Decades After the Fall of Apartheid," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 130(3), pages 1101-1123, February.
  8. Rochelle Beukes & Tina Fransman & Simba Murozvi & Derek Yu, 2017. "Underemployment in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(1), pages 33-55, January.
  9. Rochelle Beukes & Ada Jansen & Mariana Moses & Derek Yu, 2017. "Exploring the Eligibility Criteria of the Child Support Grant and its Impact on Poverty," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 134(2), pages 511-529, November.
  10. Derek Yu, 2016. "Factors influencing the comparability of poverty estimates across household surveys," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(2), pages 145-165, March.
  11. Laurence Piper & Derek Yu, 2016. "Deconstructing ‘the foreign’: The limits of citizenship for explaining price competition in the Spaza sector in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(5), pages 658-676, September.
  12. Haroon Bhorat & Aalia Cassim & Ravi Kanbur & Benjamin Stanwix & Derek Yu, 2016. "Minimum Wages and Youth: The Case of South Africa," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 25(suppl_1), pages 61-102.
  13. Lyle Festus & Atoko Kasongo & Mariana Moses & Derek Yu, 2016. "The South African labour market, 1995–2015," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(5), pages 579-599, September.
  14. Charles Adams & Rochelle Gallant & Ada Jansen & Derek Yu, 2015. "Public assets and services delivery in South Africa: Is it really a success?," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(6), pages 697-710, November.
  15. Ada Jansen & Mariana Moses & Stanford Mujuta & Derek Yu, 2015. "Measurements and determinants of multifaceted poverty in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(2), pages 151-169, March.
  16. Derek Yu, 2013. "Youth unemployment in South Africa revisited," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(4-5), pages 545-563, December.
  17. Derek Yu, 2013. "Revisiting unemployment levels and trends in South Africa since the transition," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(6), pages 701-723, December.
  18. Derek Yu, 2012. "Defining and measuring informal employment in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 157-175, March.
  19. Sebastian Levine & Servaas van der Berg & Derek Yu, 2011. "The impact of cash transfers on household welfare in Namibia," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(1), pages 39-59.
  20. Petronella Horn & Ada Jansen & Derek Yu, 2011. "Factors Explaining The Academic Success Of Second‐Year Economics Students: An Exploratory Analysis," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 79(2), pages 202-210, June.
  21. Judith Streak & Derek Yu & Servaas Van der Berg, 2009. "Measuring Child Poverty in South Africa: Sensitivity to the Choice of Equivalence Scale and an Updated Profile," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 94(2), pages 183-201, November.
  22. Servaas Van Der Berg & Megan Louw & Derek Yu, 2008. "Post‐Transition Poverty Trends Based On An Alternative Data Source1," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 76(1), pages 58-76, March.
  23. Megan Louw & Servaas Van Der Berg & Derek Yu, 2007. "Convergence Of A Kind: Educational Attainment And Intergenerational Social Mobility In South Africa," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 75(3), pages 548-571, September.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 29 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-AFR: Africa (25) 2006-02-12 2006-07-15 2006-08-26 2007-05-12 2007-05-12 2007-12-08 2008-04-29 2008-05-17 2008-08-21 2008-12-07 2008-12-21 2009-01-24 2009-09-26 2010-01-10 2010-02-27 2010-03-20 2010-06-04 2012-05-15 2012-08-23 2012-08-23 2012-11-11 2013-03-16 2013-03-16 2013-03-16 2015-11-21. Author is listed
  2. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (11) 2006-07-15 2006-08-26 2007-12-08 2008-05-17 2008-12-07 2008-12-21 2009-01-24 2009-06-03 2010-06-04 2012-11-11 2013-03-16. Author is listed
  3. NEP-DEV: Development (10) 2007-05-12 2007-12-08 2008-04-29 2008-05-17 2008-08-21 2008-12-07 2009-06-03 2010-01-10 2010-02-27 2010-03-20. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EDU: Education (3) 2006-07-15 2008-12-21 2009-01-24
  5. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (3) 2006-02-12 2012-08-23 2012-08-23
  6. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (2) 2010-02-27 2015-12-01
  7. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (2) 2006-07-15 2009-01-24
  8. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (2) 2008-12-21 2009-01-24
  9. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (2) 2008-12-21 2016-08-21
  10. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (1) 2012-05-15
  11. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (1) 2017-07-02
  12. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2017-07-02
  13. NEP-GEN: Gender (1) 2017-07-02
  14. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2008-08-21
  15. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2008-12-21
  16. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2010-02-27
  17. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2009-01-24

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