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The missing people: Accounting for indigenous populations in Cape Colonial history

Because information about the livelihoods of indigenous groups is o...

Johan Fourie, Erik Green

Working Paper

A Historical CGE Simulation of the South African Economy from 2006–2013: Analysing Chan...

This paper uses a dynamic CGE model to help explain some apparent c...

Marthinus C. Breitenbach, Heinrich R. Bohlmann

Working Paper

Transformation, Job Creation and Subsidies to Creative Industries: The Case of South Af...

Many governments have tried to stimulate economic growth via policy...

Jen D. Snowball, Alan Collins

Policy Brief

A Sticky Information Phillips Curve for South Africa

Mankiw and Reis (2002) propose the Sticky Information Phillips Curv...

Monique Reid, Gideon Du Rand

Working Paper

Wage subsidy in the DRC: A CGE analysis

This paper analyses wage subsidies on lower-skilled formal workers ...

Jean L. Erero, Daniel D. Pambudi, Lumengo Bonga-Bonga

Working Paper

Where you live matters: Urbanisation and labour markets outcomes

Policy Paper 17 Given apartheid’s legacy of irrational spatial plan...

Roy Havemann, Marna Kearney

Policy Paper

High unemployment yet few small firms: The role of centralized bargaining in South Africa

Policy Paper 16 South Africa has very high unemployment, yet few ad...

Jeremy R. Magruder

Policy Paper

Trends on the hours worked of the employed, 1997 - 2011

This paper analyses trends in hours worked from South African house...

Derek Yu, Adél Bosch

Working Paper

Micro-evidence on day labourers and the thickness of labour markets in South Africa

The South African labour market is characterised by sharp segmentat...

Waldo F. Krugell, Phillip F. Blaauw

Working Paper

Does training benefit those who do not get any? Elasticities of complementarity and fac...

Commentators claim a shortage of skills, particularly artisanal lab...

Alberto Behar

Working Paper

The South African Phillips Curve: How Applicable is the Gordon Model?

Is there a Phillips curve relationship present in South Africa and ...

Philippe Burger, Marina Marinkov

Working Paper

Households & Labour Markets

ERSA is pleased to announce a 2 day workshop to take place in Durba...

ERSA

Workshop

Changing factor market conditions in South Africa: The labour market - a sectoral descr...

Policy Paper (Interest) 05 This paper presents descriptive evidence...

Policy Paper

Changing factor market conditions in South Africa: The capital market - a sectoral desc...

Policy Paper (Interest) 07 We explore changing conditions in South ...

Policy Paper

The contribution of growth in total factor productivity to growth in South Africa: 1970-97

Policy Paper (Interest) 16 This paper is concerned with revealing t...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Policy Paper