Manoel Bittencourt

Position: Associate Professor

Institution: University of Pretoria

Manoel is an Associate Professor in Economics at Pretoria and he holds a PhD in Economics from Bristol. He is also visiting professor and researcher at Goettingen and Heidelberg universities. His main research interests are in growth and development economics, and he has published papers in, e.g., Economic Modelling, Journal of Policy Modeling, Economics of Governance, Developing Economies, Economic Change and Restructuring, and CESIfo Forum.

Manoel Bittencourt

Creating jobs, reducing poverty I: Why the informal sector should be taken seriously and enabled properly

Why are foreign-run spaza shops more successful? The rapidly changing spaza sector in South Africa

What is the role of manufacturing in boosting economic growth and employment in South Africa?

Who are the middle class in South Africa? Does it matter for policy?

Informal settlements: poverty traps or ladders to work?

How much is inequality reduced by progressive taxation and government spending?

Adcorp’s employment and unemployment figures are not taken seriously by researchers – yet they can do much harm

How high is graduate unemployment in South Africa? A much-needed update

A job in the informal sector reduces poverty about as much as a job in the formal sector

Who creates jobs, who destroys jobs? Small firms, large firms and labour market rigidity