Dr Leigh Neethling
Senior Research Officer
Expertise: Macroeconomics, labour economics, economics of education, financial markets and policy analysis.
Leigh is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics and joined the DPRU as a Senior Research Officer in late 2023. She has a PhD from the University of Cape Town that focused on policies, performance and outcomes in South African higher education. She also holds a Masters degree from UCT focusing on wage differentials across the private and public sectors in South Africa. Leigh specialises in the teaching of macroeconomics and research methods. Her research interests include macroeconomics, labour economics, economics of education, financial markets and policy analysis.