Dieter von Fintel | Economic Research Southern Africa

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Contributor Name: Dieter von Fintel

Dieter von Fintel is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch, as well as a research affiliate of LEAP, RESEP and IZA. He is an applied micro-econometrician seeking to understand long-run and short-run effects of policies on development, labour markets and households in Africa, as well as spatial and generational persistence.

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Aliasgher Janmohammed, Andrew Nel, Dieter von Fintel, Paul Court

December 19, 2024

Building local data ecosystems: What is available and why does it matter?

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Discussion Document

Claus Rabe, Dieter von Fintel, Edward Glaeser, Ivan Turok, Justin Visagie, Sebastian Galiani, Takwanisa Machemedze

South Africa’s future will be decided in our cities

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Discussion Document

Dieter von Fintel

Monitoring South Africa’s metropolitan economies: A survey of the data landscape

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Policy Brief

Dieter von Fintel, Louw Pienaar

Can social grants promote small-scale farming to improve food security?

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Working Paper

Dieter von Fintel, Louw Pienaar

November 10, 2016

Small-scale farming and food security: the enabling role of cash transfers in South Afr...

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Policy Brief

Dieter von Fintel, Rulof P. Burger

August 25, 2015

Rising unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa: temporary or persistent?

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Working Paper

Ada Jansen, Dieter von Fintel, Sophia du Plessis

October 29, 2013

Slave Prices and Productivity in the 18th Century at the Cape of Good Hope: The Winners...

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Dieter von Fintel, Rulof P. Burger, Servaas van der Berg

September 26, 2012

The unintended consequences of education policies on South African participation and un...

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Working Paper

Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie

September 23, 2012

Settler skills and colonial development

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Working Paper

Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie

September 22, 2012

A history with evidence: Income inequality in the Dutch Cape Colony

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Working Paper

Dieter von Fintel, Rulof P. Burger

September 22, 2012

Determining the Causes of the Rising South African Unemployment Rate: An Age, Period an...

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Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie

September 21, 2012

The dynamics of inequality in a newly settled, preindustrial society: The case of the C...