Social Programmes | Economic Research Southern Africa

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Part 3: International perspectives and South Africa’s trade policy

The discussion is based on two papers: and Understanding South Afr...

Sherman Robinson, Montford Mlachila, Matthew Simmonds, Marianne Matthee, Matthew Stern

Dialogue

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

How Buoyant Is the South African Tax System? An ARDL Approach

This study aims to scrutinize the responsiveness of the South Afric...

Nyasha Mahonye, Baneng Naape

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

Consumer Preferences for Genetically Modified Organisms in Cape Town: A Choice Experime...

This paper reports a study done on Cape Town consumers, with the ai...

Herbert Ntuli, Benjamin Dovey

Working Paper

Prof. Estian Calitz on Fiscal Sustainability in South Africa: what are the shortcomings...

Shortly after the Minister of Finance gave his Supplementary Budget...

Margaux Giannaros, Estian Calitz

Podcast

The household effects of very large electricity tariff hikes in Zambia

This paper simulates the real household expenditure effects of elec...

Akabondo Kabechani, Mashekwa Maboshe, Grieve Chelwa

Policy Brief

Random Expected Utility Theory with a Continuum of Prizes

This note generalizes Gul and Pesendorfer’s random expected utility...

Wei Ma

Working Paper

The impact of statistical learning on violations of the sure-thing principle

This paper experimentally tests whether violations of Savage’...

Aylit T. Romm, Nicky Nicholls, Alexander Zimper

Working Paper

A regional perspective on Aid and FDI in Southern Africa

The global trend for official development assistance continues to d...

Henri Bezuidenhout

Policy Brief

Begging the Question: Permanent Income and Social Mobility

The extent of social mobility is one of three key considerations &#...

Sean Muller

Working Paper

Who would eat more with a food voucher programme in South Africa

What might seem like a good idea for satisfying the hungry is likel...

Jan H. van Heerden

Policy Brief

The private sector has a role to play in cash transfers programmes in Africa

Arguments for greater participation by the private sector in growth...

Sheshangai Kaniki

Policy Brief