I38 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: I38

Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

How would providing UBI impact structural poverty?

This podcast adopts a refreshing view on what Universal Basic Incom...

Published: 22 November 2022

Podcast

Can a universal basic income contribute to breaking structural poverty in South Africa?

Discussion Document 03 Much of the debate about the introduction of...

Published: 10 September 2022

Discussion Document

Universal Basic Income: How the experience in developing countries can inform the discu...

Discussion Document 01 This paper considers how the COVID-19 pandem...

Published: 30 August 2022

Discussion Document

The effects of technology intensity in manufacturing on CO2 emissions: Evidence from de...

Industrialisation is recognised as important for developing countri...

Published: 15 January 2021

Working Paper

Measuring energy poverty in South Africa based on household required energy consumption

Energy poverty is a major concern in most of developing countries w...

Published: 15 December 2020

Working Paper

On sensitivity of Genetic Matching to the choice of balance measure

This paper considers the sensitivity of Genetic Matching (GenMatch)...

Published: 25 November 2020

Working Paper

Impact of Social Transfers on Depressive Symptoms: Evidence from the South African Old ...

We study the effect of income receipt in form of Old age pension (...

Published: 20 October 2020

Working Paper

Does Child Support Grant incentivise childbirth in South Africa?

We consider the perverse incentive that can be created for poor hou...

Published: 30 September 2020

Working Paper

A fiscus for better economic and social development in South Africa

After showing that the bulk of government expenditure is unproducti...

Published: 12 August 2020

Working Paper

Does the choice of balance-measure matter under Genetic Matching?

In applied studies, the influence of balance measures on the perfor...

Published: 6 May 2020

Working Paper

Who benefits from South African Child Support Grant: The role of gender and birthweight

Stunting (low height-for-age) is known to be a good proxy for a chi...

Published: 6 May 2019

Working Paper

Can social grants promote small-scale farming to improve food security?

Public expenditure on South Africa’s cash transfer (or social grant...

Published: 28 March 2017

Policy Brief

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

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

Published: 27 October 2016

Policy Brief

Effects of wildlife resources on community welfare: Income, poverty and inequality

This paper demonstrates the importance of wildlife in the portfolio...

Published: 27 September 2016

Working Paper

The Economic Approach to Fertility: A Causal Mediation Analysis

This study develops an economic fertility model which explicitly in...

Published: 11 July 2014

Working Paper

The Economic Approach to Fertility: A Causal Mediation Analysis

This study develops an economic fertility model which explicitly in...

Published: 11 July 2014

Working Paper

Recurrent Property Rates - The Search for a Fair Tax Conducive to Economic Growth

The conflict between the need to attend to acute poverty in the pre...

Published: 26 March 2014

Policy Brief

The Effect of Land Restitution on Poverty Reduction Among the Khomani San "Bushmen" in ...

This paper looks at the impact of land restitution involving the Kh...

Published: 10 June 2013

Working Paper

State pension payouts boost migrant job prospects for household members

Large cash transfers to elderly South Africans, in the form of gove...

Published: 3 October 2012

Policy Brief

Finding the benefits: Estimating the impact of the South African child support grant

The paper estimates the impact of the South African Child Support G...

Published: 25 September 2012

Working Paper

Who would eat more with a food voucher programme in South Africa

What might seem like a good idea for satisfying the hungry is likel...

Published: 27 September 2009

Policy Brief

The private sector has a role to play in cash transfers programmes in Africa

Arguments for greater participation by the private sector in growth...

Published: 27 September 2009

Policy Brief