Safia Khan

Feminist. Economist. PhD candidate & Lecturer at the UCT School of Economics. Interested in microeconometric measurement, gender, development & labour markets.

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What has been taken away through environmental impact needs to be restored to local communities. Movement to a low-carbon economy MUST ensure this. @SALDRU1

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A sound social compact involves interdependency between business, labour, communities and government for an even balanced platform. Central to this is redistribution. @SALDRU1

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We see that social safety nets have improved the well being of those at the bottom of the wage distribution - and this depends on taxation but it is not enough. @SALDRU1

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A social compact must be structured around the just transition to a low carbon economy. @SALDRU1

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South Africa is a country that has had success with social compacting - we can leverage this to reduce inequality through innovative policy including rethinking tax on labour - maybe moving it up the value change.

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SALDRU’s 30 Years of Democracy conference session on rethinking the social contract with a discussion around ex post policies of social inclusion before taxation.

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What is the gender balance for women in senior academic positions? Who are our research chairs. @CGE_ZA #equalityinourlifetime #cgeconference

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Prof @GraceKhunou setting context for a discussion on women in higher education. Particularly the invisibility of black women in higher education and the role of sexual coercion from men in the academy and schools. @CGE_ZA #equalityinourlifetime #30yearsofdemocracy

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Honourable Sindiswe Chikunga reflecting on the erasure of women who have fought for liberation against overwhelming odds. @CGE_ZA #cgeconference #genderequalityinourlifetime #30yearsofdemocracy

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The first panel for the state of gender equality after 30 yrs of democracy is on #gbv and femicide. A non-negligible conversation with excellent panelists. @cge_za

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The state of #genderequality after 30 years of democracy. Kicking off today with a very exciting line up and cool panels! @CGE_ZA

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Since the beginning of my career in economics, I have been a strong proponent of the Basic Income Grant. It has been an honour to attend multiple lectures by prof Abhijit Banerjee on this topic. Astoundingly in the SA policy space the BIG has been discussed since the early 2000s.

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@deankarlan was at the UCT SOE yesterday and presented a remarkable meta-analysis on measuring the robustness and validity of 114 RCT's, showcasing very interesting evidence on how we can mitigate external validity issues. Super Cool!

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@elianalaferrara at @STIAS_SA highlighting that OVER 200M women, mostly in Africa are still victims of FGC. This is not solely an economic issue - it is a feminist and humanitarian one.

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More than 40% of households are male dominated - and these men live alone. Creating an important lens through which we understand how poverty is allocated /distributed via households. @STIAS_SA @NobelPrize Symposium session on Gender.

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In South Africa 20% of all households are female dominated - when women live without men - they live with children. Taking the latter into account creates a more solid form of measurement on livelihood and poverty than looking at men or women alone. @STIAS_SA

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@STIAS_SA Nobel Symposium - Gender session on households and measurement - invaluable discussion by @elianalaferrara on the inequalities women face from birth to old age.

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Thank you @dojacat for spending 752 minutes with me this year on @Spotify. You are my #1. #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/Cbwq4G4EKt

[Morne Oosthuizen @mj_oos]

@CountWomensWork is running an online survey related to unpaid care work and the impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns. Please consider taking the survey—it’s not very long—and would help us start generating a picture of what’s happening ito #unpaidcare https://t.co/1iLHTU9fXt

[Rajiv Sethi @rajivatbarnard]

Anyone teaching economics this semester who wants to integrate COVID-19 related content might find these slides helpful: https://t.co/f17KySzyob based on @coreeconteam
concepts plus Thomas Pueyo here https://t.co/wmg7FKJDTA and CDC scientists here https://t.co/3HFHf9GZ0x