Michael Rogan

Position: Associate Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research

Institution: Rhodes University

Expertise: poverty, gender, labour market, informal work

Michael Rogan is an Associate Professor at the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU) within the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University. He holds a Phd and a Master’s degree from the School of Development Studies (UKZN) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of Washington (Seattle). His research interests include: gender, employment, informal work, health, poverty and inequality, and survey design.

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The informal economy: Is policy based on correct assumptions?
Meeting food security needs in very poor households in the Eastern Cape: the role of own agricultural production
A job in the informal sector reduces poverty about as much as a job in the formal sector
Poverty may have declined, but women and female-headed households still suffer most

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

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

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

Informal settlements: poverty traps or ladders to work?

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

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

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

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