I38 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: I38

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