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Foresight Africa 2023: A Southern African Perspective

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Haroon Bhorat, Matthew Simmonds, Mamokete Lijane, Will Pearson, Aloysius Uche Ordu, Gracelin Baskaran

Dialogue

Dr Channing Arndt on Building back fairer from the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Post-pandemic, South Africa’s economy finds itself in a constrained...

Margaux Giannaros, Channing Arndt

Podcast

Part 4: Building back for a sustainable future

The discussion is based on two papers: , by Channing Arndt, Robert ...

Wandile Sihlobo, Tendai Gwatidzo, Ann Bernstein, Witness Simbanegavi, Matthew Simmonds, Channing Arndt

Dialogue

Impact of technological progress on carbon emissions in different country income groups

This study examines the complex relationship between carbon emissio...

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Chris B. Milindi

Working Paper

Health inequality and the 1918 Influenza in South Africa

The 1918 influenza – the Spanish ﬂu – killed an estimated 6% of Sou...

Jonathan Jayes, Johan Fourie

Working Paper

‘Quantitative Easing' and central bank asset purchases in South Africa: A DSGE approach

This paper develops a small open-economy (SOE) dynamic stochastic g...

Cobus Vermeulen

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 (...

Joseph Ajefu, Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

Does household net financial wealth explain the asymmetric reaction of household consum...

Ndou et al (2019) showed that, in absolute terms, the decline in ho...

Eliphas Ndou

Working Paper

The impacts of unconditional cash transfers on schooling in adolescence and young adult...

I study an expansion of a South African social grant program that p...

Neryvia Pillay Bell

Working Paper

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 ...

Margaux Giannaros, Nicola Viegi

Podcast

Efficiency of provincial public healthcare in South Africa

Background Forty-nine million people or 83 per cent of the entire p...

Goodness C. Aye, Victor Ngobeni, Marthinus C. Breitenbach

Working Paper

Can paid maternity leave improve childhood health?

Evidence from California shows that paid maternity leave leads to i...

Neryvia Pillay Bell

Policy Brief

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...

Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

Gender and Birth Order Effects on Intra-Household Schooling Choices and Educational Att...

Many schooling decisions take place within the family. For instance...

Fredrick M. Wamalwa, Justine Burns

Policy Brief

Parental bargaining and rural-urban child health differential in Tanzania

This paper extends the empirical analysis of child health by simult...

Justine Burns, Alfred K. Mukong

Policy Brief

The Reaction of Inflation to Macroeconomic Shocks: The Case of Zimbabwe (2009 – 2012)

This paper empirically investigates the reaction of inflation to ma...

William Kavila, Pierre Le Roux

Working Paper

Modelling exchange rate volatility dynamics: Empirical evidence from South Africa

In this paper, we extend the literature on modelling exchange rate ...

Greg Farrell, Cyril May

Working Paper

Obesity Based Labour Market Discrimination in South Africa: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

There is increasing concern regarding obesity related healthcare co...

Junita Henry, Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

Working Paper

An Econometric Method for Estimating Population Parameters from Non-Random Samples: An...

The problem of sample selection complicates the process of drawing ...

Zoë M. McLaren, Rulof P. Burger

Working Paper

Does the Equivalence Scale Matter? Equivalence and Out-of-Pocket Payments

We evaluate the effects of different equivalence scale parameter es...

Steven F. Koch

Policy Brief

Demand-side determinants of access to healthcare services: Empirical evidence from Africa

Better health status is influenced by access to health care, among ...

Wa Ntita Serge Kabongo, Josue Mbonigaba

Policy Brief

Black living standards in South Africa before democracy: New evidence from heights

Very little income or wage data was systematically recorded on the ...

Kris Inwood, Johan Fourie, Bokang Mpeta

Working Paper

Has South Africa’s Investment in Public Health Care Improved Health Outcomes?

South Africa’s total expenditure on health equates to almost 9% of ...

Jugal Mahabir, Talita Dalton-Greyling, Lucas Bidzha

Policy Brief

Birth order effects on education attainment and child labour: Evidence from Lesotho

Education (both school enrolment and achievement) is low in much of...

Ramaele Moshoeshoe

Policy Brief

The behaviour of the real effective exchange rate of South Africa: is there a misalignm...

The paper uses Behavioural Equilibrium Exchange Rate methodology to...

Meshach J. Aziakpono, Melvin M. Khomo

Working Paper

Demand-side determinants of access to healthcare service: Empirical evidence from Africa

This study identifies the key determinants of access to healthcare ...

Wa Ntita Serge Kabongo, Josue Mbonigaba

Working Paper

Birth Order Effects on Educational Attainment and Child Labour: Evidence from Lesotho

This paper examines the e ffect of birth order on educational attai...

Ramaele Moshoeshoe

Working Paper

Contraceptive Use and Birth Intervals

We develop a model linking contraceptive effi ciency to birth spaci...

Steven F. Koch, Gauthier Tshiswaka-Kashalala

Working Paper

Social networks and maternal health care utilisation in Tanzania

Social networks are increasingly being recognised as having an impo...

Justine Burns, Alfred K. Mukong

Working Paper

The Demand for Reproductive Health Care

This research formalizes the interactions between the various deter...

Steven F. Koch, Gauthier Tshiswaka-Kashalala

Working Paper

User Fee Abolition in South Africa: 1994 and 1996

In addition to birthing a new Democracy, 1994 was the beginning of ...

Steven F. Koch

Policy Brief

The expected well-being of urban refugees and asylum seekers in Johannesburg

The influx of asylum seekers and refugees from across Africa to dem...

Talita Dalton-Greyling

Working Paper

The Influence of Higher Moments and Non-Normality on the Sharpe Ratio: A South African ...

Although the general assumption is that daily and monthly returns d...

Chris van Heerden

Working Paper

Father's Employment and Sons' Stature: The Long Running Effects of a Positive Regional ...

I exploit the unexpected increase in employment in 1975, 76 and 77 ...

Martine Mariotti

Working Paper

The Impact of Obesity on Employment in South Africa

Obesity is a growing health problem in South Africa. This health pr...

Abieyuwa Ohonba, Naiefa Rashied, Modeste Some

Working Paper

The Relative (in)Efficiency of South African Municipalities in Providing Public Health ...

Previous studies in South Africa have not dis-aggregated efficiency...

Saidou B. Oumar, Josue Mbonigaba

Working Paper