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Justine Burns

Justine Burns (PhD, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Justine is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics, and a research associate of the Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit. Her research interests include behavioural and experimental economics, trust and social capital, discrimination, labour markets and social networks, and intergenerational mobility. Her experimental work has focused on the effects of racial identity and income inequality on individual decision-making, as well as group co-operation in the provision of public goods. She has also published work on educational mobility, social assistance, and the impact of social networks on employment outcomes. More recently, she has completed a series of projects investigating the feasibility of a wage subsidy as a tool to promote employment in South Africa.

Contact information:

Office: Room 4.43 Leslie Social Science Building

Contact phone: +27 21 650 3506

E-mail: justine.burns@uct.ac.za


Justine Burns

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