Jacobus A. Nel
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Experience
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Nova Economics
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South Africa
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Economic Consultant
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Feb 2023 - Present
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Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA)
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South Africa
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Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Assistant
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Mar 2022 - Feb 2023
Assist ERSA researcher with analysis of South African Revenue Service Tax data, housed at the National Treasury of South Africa's Secure Data Facility, under the South Africa - Towards Inclusive Economic Development initiative. Part-time position (max 20hrs/week) Assist ERSA researcher with analysis of South African Revenue Service Tax data, housed at the National Treasury of South Africa's Secure Data Facility, under the South Africa - Towards Inclusive Economic Development initiative. Part-time position (max 20hrs/week)
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University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
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South Africa
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Feb 2020 - Feb 2023
Data cleaning and analysis of mainly time series data, using newly developed techniques to determine historical predictability, evaluating out-of-sample predictability of various measures (mostly uncertainty and risk related) on financial instruments. Writing sections of academic papers, editing and formatting latex and Word documents, and miscellaneous administrative tasks. Part-time position (20hrs/week) Data cleaning and analysis of mainly time series data, using newly developed techniques to determine historical predictability, evaluating out-of-sample predictability of various measures (mostly uncertainty and risk related) on financial instruments. Writing sections of academic papers, editing and formatting latex and Word documents, and miscellaneous administrative tasks. Part-time position (20hrs/week)
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UNU-WIDER - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
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Finland
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Junior Data Consultant
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Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
Assisting the South African Revenue Service (SARS) with data extractions for the data facility at the National Treasury of South Africa. This included locating the data on the SQL servers, creating scripts to extract the data, performing quality assurance before transferring the data, creating metadata documents, and assisting with SARS internal client requests. Part-time position (30hrs/week) Assisting the South African Revenue Service (SARS) with data extractions for the data facility at the National Treasury of South Africa. This included locating the data on the SQL servers, creating scripts to extract the data, performing quality assurance before transferring the data, creating metadata documents, and assisting with SARS internal client requests. Part-time position (30hrs/week)
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Assistant Lecturer
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Feb 2018 - Nov 2019
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Master Maths
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South Africa
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Tutor
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Jul 2015 - Nov 2017
Tuition Answering of phones Attendance taking General administrative duties Tuition Answering of phones Attendance taking General administrative duties
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Education
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University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics -
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Master's degree, Econometrics -
Fordham University
Advanced Certificate, Emerging Markets and Country Risk Analysis -
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Econometrics -
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Bachelor’s Degree, Econometrics -
North-West University/Noordwes-Universiteit
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering -
Hoërskool Garsfontein