J23 | Economic Research Southern Africa

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Annual Reports

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

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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

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SAMNet

JEL code: J23

Labor Demand

Who benefits from being self-employed in urban Ghana

This paper explores the earnings gap between the self-employed and ...

Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

Who benefits from being self-employed in urban Ghana?

The income gap between the self-employed and wage earners is of int...

Adeola Oyenubi

Policy Brief

The Sectoral Employment Intensity of Growth in South Africa

Concerns have been expressed recently about the inability of the So...

Njabulo Mkhize

Working Paper

Occidental Rationalism: Its Early Impact on the Foundations of Modern Science

Rationalist thought has had a deep and lasting impact on modern civ...

Abdulkader C. Mahomedy

Working Paper

Transformation, Job Creation and Subsidies to Creative Industries: The Case of South Af...

Many governments have tried to stimulate economic growth via policy...

Jen D. Snowball, Alan Collins

Policy Brief

Returns to Schooling: Skills Accumulation or Information Revelation?

This paper explores the degree to which imperfect information in th...

Ssekabira Ntege, Steven F. Koch

Working Paper

Does training benefit those who do not get any? Elasticities of complementarity and fac...

Commentators claim a shortage of skills, particularly artisanal lab...

Alberto Behar

Working Paper

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