I25 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: I25

Education and Economic Development

Prof Andreas Wörgötter on addressing current and persisting challenges in South Africa’...

At a time when tensions are rising due to growing inequality and un...

Margaux Giannaros, Andreas Wörgötter

Podcast

Part 2: Recovery policies and labour utilization

The discussion is based on two research papers: and Addressing low...

Matthew Simmonds, Witness Simbanegavi, Sherwin Gabriel, Romain A. Duval, Murray Leibbrandt, Andreas Wörgötter

Dialogue

Financial development and income inequality: a nonlinear econometric analysis of 21 Afr...

A panel data analysis of financial inequality was conducted using t...

Lindokuhle T. Zungu, Lorraine Greyling

Working Paper

The effect of colonial and pre-colonial institutions on contemporary education in Africa

This paper argues that contrary to previous findings, present-day e...

Matthew W. Clance, Leoné Walters, Carolyn Chisadza

Working Paper

How Buoyant Is the South African Tax System? An ARDL Approach

This study aims to scrutinize the responsiveness of the South Afric...

Nyasha Mahonye, Baneng Naape

Working Paper

A Sequence to Reverse Poverty: Institutions, State Capacity and Human Empowerment

This paper explores the fundamental or deep causes of poverty persi...

Sansia Blackmore, Reneé van Eyden

Working Paper

Consumer Preferences for Genetically Modified Organisms in Cape Town: A Choice Experime...

This paper reports a study done on Cape Town consumers, with the ai...

Herbert Ntuli, Benjamin Dovey

Working Paper

The impacts of unconditional cash transfers on schooling in adolescence and young adult...

I study an expansion of a South African social grant program that p...

Neryvia Pillay Bell

Working Paper

Motivating teachers in rural Zambia using a monetary incentive

Like many developing countries, the achievement gap between rural a...

Miquel Pellicer, Mashekwa Maboshe, Grieve Chelwa

Policy Brief

Teacher pay and educational outcomes: Evidence from the rural hardship allowance in Zambia

This paper studies the effect of unconditional teacher salary incre...

Miquel Pellicer, Mashekwa Maboshe, Grieve Chelwa

Working Paper

Emigration and education: the schooling of the left behind in Nigeria

The potential effects of migration on the welfare of the left behin...

Ermias G. Weldesenbet, Nonso Obikili, Biniam E. Bedasso

Policy Brief

Private schools and student learning achievements in Kenya

This papers examines the effect of private schools on literacy and ...

Fredrick M. Wamalwa, Justine Burns

Policy Brief

The effect of education on a country’s energy consumption: Evidence from developed and ...

Education has been regarded throughout history as one of the main d...

Luis D. del Corral Morales, Roula Inglesi-Lotz

Working Paper

The Impact of Basic and Social Infrastructure Investment on Economic Growth and Social ...

Basic and social infrastructure investment can assist in addressing...

Derick Blaauw, Talita Dalton-Greyling, Henk Gnade

Policy Brief

The Fertility Transition: Panel Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

We investigate the effects of different socioeconomic indicators on...

Manoel Bittencourt, Carolyn Chisadza

Policy Brief

How Does Human Capital Shape the Social Contract?

This research brief presents the key findings and potential policy ...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Policy Brief

College Major Choice, Spatial Inequality and Elite Formation: Evidence from South Africa

This paper explores the determinants of college major choice in the...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Policy Brief

When selection trumps persistence: The lasting effect of missionary education in South ...

To estimate the long-term, persistent effects of missionary educati...

Johan Fourie, Christie Swanepoel

Working Paper

Democracy and Education: Evidence from the Southern African Development Community

In this paper I investigate whether democracy in the Southern Afric...

Manoel Bittencourt

Working Paper

The Impact of the Slave Trade on Literacy in Africa: Evidence from the Colonial Era

Recent studies have highlighted the importance of Africa’s hi...

Nonso Obikili

Working Paper

Does Famine Matter For Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition In Sub-Saharan Af...

To the extent that in utero and childhood malnutrition negatively a...

Julius A. Agbor, Gregory N. Price

Working Paper

Slave numeracy in the Cape Colony and comparative development in the eighteenth century

The lack of accurate measures of human capital formation often cons...

Jörg Baten, Johan Fourie

Working Paper

Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academ...

This paper analyses the impact of educational interventions made in...

Vimal Ranchhod, Leonard C. Smith

Policy Brief

From uneducating to educating South Africa: Some thoughts on new policy imperatives in ...

Policy Paper (Interest) 08 This paper examines the policy implicati...

Policy Paper