J2 | Economic Research Southern Africa

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