Murray Leibbrandt
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Alma materRhodes University (BA)
University of Notre Dame (MA) (Ph.D.)
University of Notre Dame (MA) (Ph.D.)
DisciplineDevelopment economics
Labour economics
Labour economics
InstitutionsUniversity of Cape Town
Murray Leibbrandt | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Rhodes University (BA) University of Notre Dame (MA) (Ph.D.) |
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| Discipline | Development economics Labour economics |
| Institutions | University of Cape Town |
Murray Leibbrandt is professor, NRF Chair in Poverty and Inequality Research - and Director of the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. He is a South African academic economist studying labour markets, trends in inequality, and poverty in South Africa.[1] He is a fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics.[2]
He received a Bachelors in Economics from Rhodes University in 1983.[3] He then proceeded to University of Notre Dame, where he read for Masters and doctorate degrees, graduating in 1986 and 1993 respectively.[3]
