J2 | Economic Research Southern Africa

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Monetary & Fiscal Policy

Trade, Industrial and Competition Policy

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Working Papers

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Annual Reports

Annual Report 2023 Director’s Statement I joined ERSA as Executive...

All Resources

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Call for Work

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Events & Training

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Conferences & Seminars

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Economic Students Awards & Gallery

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Events Calendar

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Economic Notes
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Projects

UK – SA International Economic Partnership 

The International Economic Partnership (IEP) is a programme which works...

PSG ThinkBigSA

THINK BIG SOUTH AFRICA In collaboration with ERSA (Economic Research...

Research Projects

Welcome to Economic Research Southern Africa's (ERSA) economic policy collaboration...
SAMNet

JEL code: J2

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

The fact that South Africa’s high unemployment rate continued to ri...

Rulof P. Burger, Dieter von Fintel

Policy Brief

How do we explain the persistently high rate of unemployment in South Africa? Exploring...

Our research attempted to quantify the magnitude of shifts in indus...

Marthinus C. Breitenbach, Heinrich R. Bohlmann

Policy Brief

Father's Employment and Sons' Stature: The Long Run Effects of a Positive Regional Empl...

It is now well known that early life environmental conditions affec...

Martine Mariotti

Policy Brief

The characteristics of volunteers in South Africa

Volunteers are people who supply labour for the production of goods...

Waldo F. Krugell, Ferdinand Niyimbanira

Working Paper

A country of migrants: Advances in South African economic history

South Africa is a country of migrants. From the Bantu migration, th...

ERSA

Workshop

US Trade and Wages: The Misleading Implications of Conventional Trade Theory

Conventional trade theory, which combines the Heckscher-Ohlin theor...

Robert Lawrence, Lawrence Edwards

Working Paper

Trade liberalisation and labour demand within South African manufacturing firms

Using new detailed tariff data, wages disaggregated by skill level ...

Lawrence Edwards, Alberto Behar

Working Paper

Trade liberalisation and labour demand within South African manufacturing firms

Using new detailed tariff data, wages disaggregated by skill level ...

Lawrence Edwards, Alberto Behar

Working Paper

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