D1 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: D1

Trade policy: Clipping South Africa’s wings

Since 2010, various trade measures have been imposed to protect Sou...

Event: 19 July 2023

Yash Ramkolowan, Sifiso Mahlaba, Lawrence Edwards, Matthew Stern, Neva S. Makgetla, Ayabonga Cawe

Seminar

Family-type Public Goods and Intra-Household Decision-Making by Co-Resident South Afric...

Intra-household decision-making is a fundamental development issue,...

Frederik Booysen, Sevias Guvuriro

Policy Brief

The Migrant Network Effect: An empirical analysis of rural-to-urban migration in South ...

Recent empirical migration literature in South Africa suggests that...

Caroline Stapleton

Working Paper

Effects of Social Norms on Multiple Partnerships: Evidence from Young Adults in the Met...

Even though antiretroviral treatment is becoming more efficient and...

Byela Tibesigwa, Martine Visser

Working Paper

‘Know Your Epidemic’: The Effects of Expected Health and Contextual Health Uncertainty ...

This study measures the link between expected health and contextual...

Mintewab Bezabih, Martine Visser, Byela Tibesigwa

Working Paper

Remittances and sustainability of family livelihoods in Zimbabwe: Case Study of Chegutu...

Zimbabwe had witnessed socio-economic challenges that resulted in m...

Syden Mishi, Lilymore Mudziwapasi

Working Paper

Antitrust market definition using statistical learning techniques and consumer characte...

Market definition is the first step in an antitrust case and relies...

Willem H. Boshoff

Working Paper

Orphanhood and Schooling in South Africa: Trends in the vulnerability of orphans betwee...

Using 11 nationally representative surveys conducted between 1993 a...

Cally Ardington

Working Paper

Schooling as a Lottery: Racial Differences in School Advancement in Urban South Africa

This paper develops a stochastic model of grade repetition to analy...

Murray Leibbrandt, David Lam, Cally Ardington

Working Paper

A profile of the self-employed in Soweto in mid-1999, with gender disaggregation: A rep...

Policy Paper (Interest) 15 This article gives a detailed profile of...

Barbara Piazza-Georgi

Policy Paper

Forms of social capital in present-day Soweto: A factor analysis of household survey data

Policy Paper (Interest) 18 This paper analyses data on social capit...

Barbara Piazza-Georgi

Policy Paper

Human and social capital in Soweto in 1999 - preliminary report on field study: Backgro...

Policy Paper (Interest) 04 This paper summarises data that were gat...

Policy Paper