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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

Self-selection in migration: The role of unobservable skills of Gauteng’s migrant popul...

The present study sought to investigate self-selection among intern...

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil, Nwabisa Nontenja

Working Paper

Border Tax Adjustments to Negate the Economic Impact of an Electricty Generation Tax

In the 2008 Budget Review, the South African government announced i...

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Reyno Seymore, Jan H. van Heerden

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 Migrant Network Effect: An empirical analysis of rural-to-urban migration in South ...

Recent empirical migration literature in South Africa suggests that...

Caroline Stapleton

Working Paper

Remittances and sustainability of family livelihoods in Zimbabwe: Case Study of Chegutu...

Zimbabwe had witnessed socio-economic challenges that resulted in m...

Syden Mishi, Lilymore Mudziwapasi

Working Paper

State pension payouts boost migrant job prospects for household members

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

Anne Case, Victoria Hosegood, Cally Ardington

Policy Brief

Reducing illegal immigration to South Africa: A dynamic CGE analysis

South African authorities are attempting to limit inflows of illega...

Heinrich R. Bohlmann

Working Paper