Position
Associate Professor
Department
Economics and Finance
Office
Flippie Groenewoud Building: Block A
Email: Guvuriros@ufs.ac.za
Academic Qualifications:
- PhD (Economics) (University of the Free State);
- MSc (Environmental and Development Economics) (University of Oslo, Norway)
- Booysen, F., Botha, F. & Guvuriro, S. (2022) Intermarriage on Subjective Social Status and Spousal Dissimilarity in Life Satisfaction of Co-resident Heterosexual South African Couples. Journal of Happiness Studies. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-022-00517-2
- Chamboko, R. and Guvuriro, S. (2022) On the predictions of loan utilization and delinquency among microfinance borrowers in Zimbabwe: A Poisson regression approach. Cogent Economics & Finance. Vol 10(1), 2111799. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2022.2111799
- Mashavira N., Guvuriro, S. and Chipunza, C. (2022) Driving SMEs’ performance in South Africa: investigating the role of performance appraisal practices and managerial competencies. Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM). Vol 15(7), 283. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15070283
- Booysen F. and Guvuriro, S. (2021) Gender differences in intra-household financial decision-making: An application of Coarsened Exact Matching. Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM). Vol 14(10), 469. https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/14/10/469
- Booysen, F.; Guvuriro, S and Campher, C. (2021) Horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism and preferences for altruism: a social discounting study. Personality and Individual Differences (PAID). Vol 178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110856
- Guvuriro, S and Booysen, F. (2021) Family-type Public Goods and Intra-Household Decision-Making by Co-Resident South African Couples. Review of Development Economics. Vol 25(3) pp 1629-1647. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12768
- Chamboko, R. and Guvuriro, S. (2021) The Role of Betting on Digital Credit Repayment, Coping Mechanisms and Welfare Outcomes: Evidence from Kenya. International Journal of Financial Studies. Vol 9(1). https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7072/9/1/10
- Booysen, F., Botha, F. and Guvuriro, S. (2021) Intermarriage on subjective social status and spousal dissimilarity in life satisfaction of co-resident heterosexual South African couples. Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 03/21. https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/publications/working-papers
- Mudzingiri, C., Guvuriro, S. and Gomo, C. (2021). Exploring Association between Self-Reported Financial Status and Economic Preferences Using Experimental Data. Journal of Risk and Financial Management. Vol 14(6), 243. https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/14/6/243
- Guvuriro, S. and Booysen, F. (2020) Intra-household cooperation and inter-generational communication in the extended family: A field experiment in a poor urban community in Africa. Review of Economics of the Household. Vol 18(3). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11150-019-09465-y
- Guvuriro, S. and Booysen, F. (2019) Economic bargaining power and financial decision-making among married and cohabitant women in South Africa. Development Southern Africa. Vol 36(4) doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2019.1581599
- Booysen, F., Guvuriro, S., Munro, A., Moloi, T. and Campher, C. (2018) Putting a premium on altruism: A social discounting experiment with South African university students. Plos ONE 13(4) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196175
- Booysen, F., Munro, A., Guvuriro, S., Moloi, T., and Campher, C (2018) Incentivising the Social Discounting Task: A laboratory experiment. South African Journal of Economics (SAJE). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/saje.12191
- Chamboko, R., Re, A. and Guvuriro, S. (2017) Mapping Patterns of Multiple Deprivation in Namibia. International Journal of Social Economics. Vol 44 (12), pp 2488-2499. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJSE-01-2016-0031/full/html
- Guvuriro, S. and Booysen, F. (2017) Bargaining power and decision-making agency: Economic empowerment in South African households. Biennnial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA). Rhodes University, South Africa. 30 August - 1 September, 2017.
- Booysen, F., Moloi, T., Munro, A., Guvuriro, S. and Campher, C. (2017) Incentivising the Social Discounting Task: A laboratory experiment. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Discussion Papers, 16 – 29. Tokyo, Japan
- Guvuriro, S. and Booysen, F. (2016) Intra-Household Cooperation in Two Poor South African Communities: A Field Experiment. Micro-Econometric Analysis of South African Data (MASA) Conference. Durban, South Africa. November, 14 – 15, 2016
- Booysen, F., Campher, C., Guvuriro, S., Moloi, T. and Munro, A. (2015) The Social Discounting Task: A Laboratory Experiment in South Africa. Micro-Econometric Analysis of South African Data (MASA) Conference. Durban, South Africa. November, 9 – 10, 2015
- Guvuriro, S. and Booysen, F. (2015) Family Public Goods and Intra-Household Decision-Making by South African Couples. Biennnial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA). University of Cape Town, South Africa. September, 2 – 4, 2015
- Guvuriro, S. (2014) At the Nexus of Economic Independence and Social Cohesion: Impact Analysis of Low Input Projects In Zimbabwe. International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, ISSN: 1752-0452. Vol 7 (2), pg 97 - 110.
- Booysen, F. and Guvuriro, S. (2013) Intra-Household Decision-Making and Family Public Goods: A Propensity Score Matching Approach. Micro-Econometric Analysis of South African Data (MASA) Conference. Durban, South Africa. November, 11 – 12, 2013
- Booysen, F. and Guvuriro, S. (2013) The Long and Winding Road: Experiments on Intra-Household Decision-Making. Biennnial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA). Bloemfontein, South Africa. September, 25 – 27, 2013
- Booysen, F.; Guvuriro, S.; Campher, C. and Mudzingiri, C. (2013) The Who’s Who of Decision-Making in South African Households. Biennnial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA). Bloemfontein, South Africa. September, 25 – 27, 2013
- Guvuriro, S. (2013) At the Nexus of Economic Independence and Social Cohesion: A Conjectural Analysis of Impact of Low Input Projects to family life in Zimbabwe. SIBR Conference Proceedings: ISSN: 2223-5078. Bangkok, Thailand. June, 6 - 8, 2013.
- Chamboko, R. & Guvuriro, S. (2013) Potential for HIV Prevention in Namibia. International Journal of Statistics and Systems. ISSN 0973-2675. Vol 8 (1). pp 91 - 97.
- Booysen, F. & Guvurio, S. (2013) Intra-Household Financial Decision-Making of Social Grant Recipients. ERSA Public Economics Workgroup, Unisa-Pretoria, 16-17 May 2013.
- Booysen, F. & Guvuriro, S. (2012) Behavioural and Experimental Economics and South Africa’s Unemployment Puzzle: Time Preferences and Job Search. ERSA Public Economics Workgroup, Polokwane, 15-16 November 2012
- Guvuriro, S. (2010). Regional Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and its determinants in the Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Review. GCBF-IBFR, Vol 5(2). ISSN 1941-9589 Online. San Jose, Costa Rica, May 25-28, 2010.
Publications (Short List)
- Behavioral economics; Experimental economics; Development economics
- Behavioral economics; Experimental economics; Development economics
- Microeconomics & Macroeconomics (undergraduate)
- South African Macroeconomic Policy Issues (undergraduate)
- Microeconomics (postgraduate)
- Development Economics (postgraduate)