Carli Bezuidenhout is a senior lecturer in the School of Economic Sciences at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) where she lectures undergraduate courses in the BCom Economics and BCom International Trade degree programmes. Prior to joining the NWU, she worked in the economic consulting field.

The focus of Dr Bezuidenhout’s research is South African export behaviour at the firm level within a broader labour market context. She is particularly interested in the employment premium and wage premium of exporting firms as well as the distribution of wages. She recently obtained her PhD in Economics at the North-West University and her thesis topic was ‘Essays in export behaviour at firm-level’.