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South Africa, Financialisation, Labour Markets, Minimum Wages, Macroeconomics
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Biography

Gilad Isaacs is a Co-Director at the IEJ. He is also an economist at Wits University, where he coordinates the National Minimum Wage Research Initiative, and lectures. Gilad has a Ph.D. and Masters in Economics from SOAS University of London, and a Masters in Political Economy from New York University. He has worked as a consultant for the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) and Global Labour University. He has a background in civil society activism working for the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and founding the Social Justice Coalition (SJC). His research expertise are in financialisation, macroeconomics, and labour markets.

Activities

Employment (9)

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, Gauteng, ZA

2018-05-01 to present | Lecturer (School of Economics and Business Sciences)
Employment
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Gilad Isaacs

Institute for Economic Justice: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2018-01-01 to present | Co-Director
Employment
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University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, Gauteng, ZA

2017-05-01 to 2018-04-30 | Director (CSID, School of Economics and Business Science)
Employment
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University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, Gauteng, ZA

2014-01-01 to 2017-04-30 | Project coordinator and researcher (CSID, School of Economics and Business Science)
Employment
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New York University: New York, New York, US

2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 | Teaching assistant (Department of Politics)
Employment
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Treatment Action Campaign: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2007-10-01 to 2009-08-31 | Manager (Khayelitsha District Office)
Employment
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Applied Education Research Organisation: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2007-04-01 to 2007-09-30 | Coordinator and journal editor
Employment
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Habonim Dror Southern Africa: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2006-01-01 to 2006-12-31 | National Chairperson
Employment
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University of Cape Town: Rondebosch, Western Cape, ZA

2003-01-01 to 2004-12-31 | Tutor (Department of Philosophy)
Employment
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Education and qualifications (4)

SOAS University of London: London, London, GB

2012-10-01 to 2017-04-15 | PhD (Economics)
Education
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SOAS University of London: London, London, GB

2011-09-01 to 2012-09-15 | MSc (Economics)
Education
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New York University: New York, New York, US

2009-09-01 to 2011-05-31 | MA (Politics)
Education
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University of Cape Town: Rondebosch, Western Cape, ZA

2001-01-01 to 2004-12-01 | BA (Politics and Anthropology)
Education
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Professional activities (7)

International Association for Feminist Economics: Lincoln, NE, US

2019 to 2020 | Member
Membership
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Gilad Isaacs

International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy: London, London, GB

2012 to 2020 | Member
Membership
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New York University: Students for Justice in Palestine: New York, New York, US

2010-09-01 to 2011-05-31 | President
Invited position
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Social Justice Coalition: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2008-07-01 to 2009-08-30 | Co-Coordinator
Invited position
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Gilad Isaacs

Limmud South Africa: Cape Town: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2008 to 2009 | Coordinator
Membership
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Habonim Dror Southern Africa: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

1998 to 2005 | Various youth leadership roles
Service
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University of Cape Town: Rondebosch, Western Cape, ZA

2004 | Deans Merit List (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Distinction
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Funding (5)

Rating Agency Downgrade Research

2017 to 2017 | Contract
National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry (Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA)
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Gilad Isaacs

Wealth Tax Submission

2017 to 2017 | Contract
South African Clothing and Textiles Workers Union (Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA)
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National Minimum Wage Research Initiative

2016 to 2016 | Grant
LO-Norway (Oslo, NO)
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National Minimum Wage Research Initiative

2015 to 2018 | Grant
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa (Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA)
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Gilad Isaacs

National Minimum Wage Research Initiative

2015 to 2016 | Grant
Oxfam South Africa (Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA)
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Gilad Isaacs

Works (10)

Pushing Boundaries: Building a Community of Practice at the Intersection of Human Rights and Economics

Nordic Journal of Human Rights
2022-06-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1891-8131
Part of ISSN: 1891-814X
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Gilad Isaacs

COVID-19 impact on SADC labour markets: Evidence from high-frequency data and other sources

African Development Review
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85105051899

Part of ISSN: 14678268 10176772
Contributors: Rosenberg, J.; Strauss, I.; Isaacs, G.
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Gilad Isaacs via Scopus - Elsevier

The effect of shocks to GDP on employment in SADC member states during COVID-19 using a Bayesian hierarchical model

African Development Review
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85105116389

Part of ISSN: 14678268 10176772
Contributors: Strauss, I.; Isaacs, G.; Rosenberg, J.
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Gilad Isaacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Human rights impact assessments and the politics of evidence in economic policymaking

International Journal of Human Rights
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85092557972

Part of ISSN: 1744053X 13642987
Contributors: Corkery, A.; Isaacs, G.
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Gilad Isaacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Tourner la page de l'apartheid ? les enjeux du salaire minimum national en Afrique du Sud Nicolas PONS-VIGNON1 et Gilad ISAACS2,Tourner la page de l'apartheid ? Les enjeux du salaire minimum national en Afrique du Sud

Mondes en Developpement
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85091696629

Part of ISSN: 03023052
Contributors: Pons-Vignon, N.; Isaacs, G.
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Gilad Isaacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Financialisation in Post-Apartheid South Africa

2018 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Gilad Isaacs

Financialization and liberalization: South Africa’s new forms of external vulnerability

Competition and Change
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85050304166

Part of ISBN:

14772221 10245294

Contributors: Isaacs, G.; Kaltenbrunner, A.
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Gilad Isaacs via Scopus - Elsevier

A national minimum wage in South Africa: A tool to reduce inequality?

New South African Review 6: The Crisis of Inequality
2018-03 | Book chapter
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Gilad Isaacs

The 2014 platinum strike: narratives and numbers

Review of African Political Economy
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84954326764

Part of ISBN:

17401720 03056244

Contributors: Bowman, A.; Isaacs, G.
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Gilad Isaacs via Scopus - Elsevier
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Preferred source (of 3)‎

Tourner la page de lâapartheid ? Les enjeux du salaire minimum national en Afrique du Sud

Journal article
Contributors: Nicolas Pons-Vignon; Gilad Isaacs
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Gilad Isaacs via BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine