Dr Cecilia Duvenhage
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Economics and Finance
Address
9C 349
Economics
IB 13

Postal Code
9999
Telephone
0514012172
Office
FLIPPIE GROENEWOUD BUILDING: BLOCK C 349
Short CV

Commence in 1992 with studies at UFS with a leadership bursary ( Head girl), a cultural bursary ( Free State Landsdiens) and an academic bursary ( An A-average in Gr 12).

Completed B.Com (Cum Laude) in 1995, B.Com Hon (Cum Laude) in 1996, and M.Com (Cum Laude) in 1998. Complete PhD in Economics (2019) .

Best post-graduate student in Department Economics at UFS in both 1996 and 1998.

Received NRF bursaries for post-graduate studies (Hon and M.Com).

Lecturer in Economics since 1996 at CUT and since 2001 in UFS. Campus Director; Kimberley CUT (2000-2007) & Member of Senate: CUT.

Postgraduate Lecture for the University of Wales in Managerial Economics (1998- 2000). Lecturer Bremen University (2021).

 

Publications

Bothma, L.J. and  Jordaan (Duvenhage). C. J. (1998). `n Minimum loon vir huishulpe: Antwoorde vir beleidmakers. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, Vol 1, No 3, a2558 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v1i3.2558 

Duvenhage, C.J. and De Beer, K.J. 2006. Research on Quality Assurance at the Regional Learning Centre Kimberley, Central University of Technology, Free State. INTERIM. Interdisciplinary Journal. Year 5. Number 1. Central University of Technology, Free State. (ISSN 1684-498X)

Duvenhage, C.J. (2006). Distance and e-learning: An Answer for Unemployment? Journal of Applied Business and Economics
 
Keyser, N and Duvenhage, C. (2019). Construct validity of a financial literacy instrument. Journal of Psychology in Africa, Vol. 29, No. 5, https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2019.1667151.

Duvenhage, C. and Keyser, N. (2021). Personal Finance. ISBN: 9780627038150/ ePub ISBN: 9780627038167 Van Schaik Publishers.

Keyser, N, Duvenhage, C and Abdulla, M. (2024). The National Credit Act and macroeconomic variables in the context of over-indebtedness in South Africa.International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478)
2024-10-14 | Journal article. DOI: 10.20525/ijrbs.v13i6.3437

 

 

Research

 

National

ESSA: A new and broader Maths proficiency instrument for selection of first-year Economics students – April 2019.

 

International

 

AEEE, Kufstein: The impact of mathematical proficiency for academic performance of economic students. (23 Augst 2016 ) Association of European Economics Education 

 

IJAS, Prague: The design and validation of a Mathematic Proficiency Test for first-year Economics students –  IJAS,  Aug 2019. https://prague2019.sched.com/

 

B&ESI - Florance - Methods in Testing Reliability and Validity of a Measuring Instrument. Program 2019 (conferences-besi.com)

 

 

 

 

 

Area(s) of Interest

Personal Finance

Labour Economics

Educational Economics

Expertise

Methods used in my PhD research:

Questionnaire design

Validation using

  • exploratory FA,

  • correlation analysis,  and

  • multiple regression analysis.

Courses Presented

Microeconomics 2nd year

Personal Finance

Micro Economics: Post graduate

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Tel: +27 51 401 3825
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