Impact Evaluation | Economic Research Southern Africa

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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 Child Support Grant incentivise childbirth in South Africa?

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

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil, Adeola Oyenubi

Working Paper

Dr David Fowkes on QE and central bank balance sheet policies: Does South Africa have ‘...

Shortly after the Governor of the SARB gave his speech about the fu...

Margaux Giannaros, David Fowkes

Podcast

Chris Loewald on the Monetary Policy response to the Coronavirus pandemic in South Afri...

Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic and an economic downgrade, we speak...

Margaux Giannaros, Christopher Loewald

Podcast

Policy regime changes and central bank prefernces

This paper establishes whether central bank preferences are related...

Samuel Addo

Working Paper

Changes in the Liquidity Effect Over Time: Evidence from Four Monetary Policy Regimes

Monetary policy, post Bretton Woods, saw the emergence of the short...

Dawid J. van Lill

Policy Brief

The effect of Affirmative Action on the reduction of employment discrimination, 1997-2015

This study examines the effect of Affirmative Action on the reducti...

Fadwah Fredericks, Derek Yu

Working Paper

What’s in a Name? Reputation and Monitoring in the Audit Market

We demonstrate a tension between monitoring and reputation incentiv...

Somdutta Basu, Suraj Shekhar

Policy Brief

Effects of South African Monetary Policy Implementation on the CMA A PVAR Approach

South Africa (SA) through its central bank, the South African Reser...

Monaheng Seleteng

Policy Brief

The impact of micro hydroelectricity on household welfare indicators

The use of small scale off-grid renewable energy for rural electrif...

Mary Karumba, Edwin Muchapondwa

Working Paper

Structural Breaks in Renewable Energy in South Africa: A Bai & Perron Test Approach

South Africa has been struggling to cope with its energy demand. In...

Jaco P. Weideman, Roula Inglesi-Lotz

Working Paper

Financial Innovation and Money Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa

Understanding the relationship between money demand and its determi...

John P. Dunne, Elizabeth Kasekende

Policy Brief

Evaluating South Africa’s Tobacco Control Initative: A Synthetic Control Approach

South Africa has since 1994 consistently and aggressively increased...

Grieve Chelwa, Evan Blecher, Corné van Walbeek

Working Paper

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

It is now well known that early life environmental conditions affec...

Martine Mariotti

Policy Brief

Imperfect Labour Markets

Imperfect Labour Markets When: Thursday 19th February – Friday 20th...

Jan van Ours

Workshop

Monetary Integration in SADC: Assessment of Policy Coordination and Real Effective Exch...

This paper evaluates the strength of policy coordination in Souther...

Mulatu F. Zerihun, Marthinus C. Breitenbach, Francis M. Kemegue

Working Paper

User Fee Abolition in South Africa in 1994 and 1996: Differences-in-Differences

South Africa waived user fees for primary health care, first in 199...

Steven F. Koch, Anna S. Brink

Working Paper

Promotion and Relegation between Country Risk Classes as Maintained by Country Risk Rat...

Credit rating agency assessments of sovereign risk bear weak statis...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

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...

Johane Dikgang, Edwin Muchapondwa

Working Paper

Policy change and economic growth: A case study of South Africa

Policy Paper 14 South Africa’s growth experience provides an exampl...

David Faulkner, Christopher Loewald

Policy Paper

Analysing Alternative Policy Response to High Oil Prices, Using an Energy Integrated CG...

An energy-focused integrated CGE microsimulation approach is used t...

Ismail Fofana, Ramos Mabugu, Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu

Working Paper

Introduction to Economy-Wide Impact Analysis and Modelling

TIPS will hold a workshop combining both Economy-Wide Policy Impact...

ERSA

Workshop

Programme Evaluation Course

Prof Sebastian Galiani (Washington University, St Louis) and Analia...

Sebastian Galiani, Analia Olgiati

Workshop