Our goal lies far in the distance, clearly visible. PhD in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government & Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Working on employment & social protection. 🇿🇦 🇬🇧
Jack Calland
South Africa's murder rate is down 20% since 2024.
The end of load shedding seems to be the best explanation for the drop.
It's striking that 50% of murders take place in just 12 policing precincts (out of nearly 1200).
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
Excited to post the latest version of my JMP: The female labor supply constraints of spousal jealousy bit.ly/4nn9apn
I use two field experiments to study the role of spousal jealousy in constraining married women’s employment. More below 👇:
When more than half of South Africans say they would prefer a military government to our current democracy, it’s likely that their fear of violent crime is a major factor in that.…
www.dailymaverick.co.za
New in the American Economic Review: migration doesn't hollow out the home economy — it builds it up.
More than 75% of the long-run income gains from migration are domestic. The home economy itself grows.
Here's what we found: 🧵
