productivity | Economic Research Southern Africa

Keyword: productivity

Competition policy and regulation in digital markets

A 1-day ERSA workshop took place on 30th September 2022 in Stellen...

Event: 30 September 2022

Published: 23 June 2022

Workshop

Dr Filippo Taddei on Structural Reforms in Italy: what can South Africa learn?

After its sovereign debt crisis in 2011, Italy experienced its wors...

Published: 9 December 2020

Podcast

Part 4: Towards a fiscal policy that supports economic recovery while achieving sustain...

Drawing on the discussions in the previous 3 sessions, session 4 wi...

Event: 9 September 2020

Published: 7 September 2020

Dialogue

Part 3: The role of fiscal policy in the post-Corona economic recovery

South Africa has a comparably large government sector, and the choi...

Event: 2 September 2020

Published: 28 August 2020

Dialogue

Part 2: Financing the budget in the post-Corona world

Matthew delves into what financing the budget deficit in the post-C...

Event: 12 August 2020

Published: 26 August 2020

Dialogue

Part 1: Understanding the concept of "fiscal sustainability" in the post-Corona world

Debt sustainability is equivalent to government solvency and from a...

Event: 29 July 2020

Published: 7 August 2020

Dialogue

Nicola Viegi on the South African economic response to the Coronavirus: policies and pr...

Nicola Viegi, Deputy Director of ERSA, talks with Margaux G on the ...

Published: 8 April 2020

Podcast

Productivity estimates for South Africa from CES production functions

This paper provides estimates of the elasticity of substitution and...

Published: 19 July 2019

Working Paper