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Assessing the Causal Impact of Tobacco Expenditure on Household Spending Patterns in Za...

This paper adds to the literature on the crowding out effect of tob...

Grieve Chelwa

Working Paper

The African Middle Class in South Africa 1910-1994

Alan Cobley (1990: 3) has argued that no sustained interest was tak...

Roger Southall

Working Paper

The African Middle Class in South Africa 1910-1994

Alan Cobley (1990: 3) has argued that no sustained interest was tak...

Roger Southall

Working Paper

The Good African Society Index

This paper constructs a Good Society Index for 45 African countries...

Ferdi Botha

Working Paper

The Good African Society Index

This paper constructs a Good Society Index for 45 African countries...

Ferdi Botha

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

The Welfare Cost of Sovereign Default and Liquidity Injections

This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model with endoge...

Guangling Liu

Working Paper

The Welfare Cost of Sovereign Default and Liquidity Injections

This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model with endoge...

Guangling Liu

Working Paper

Measuring the Impact of Marginal Tax Rate Reform on the Revenue Base of South Africa Us...

This paper is primarily concerned with the revenue and tax efficien...

Niek J. Schoeman, Yolandé van Heerden

Working Paper

Race, gender and growth of the affluent middle class in post-apartheid South Africa

This paper examines the development of the middle class in post-apa...

Justin Visagie

Working Paper

Determinants of Student Satisfaction with Campus Residence Life at a South African Univ...

Although there are a number of studies on the determinants of gener...

Sarah Radloff, Vivian de Klerk, Jen D. Snowball, Ferdi Botha

Working Paper

Social Capital and Human Capital in the Colonies: A Study of Cocoa Farmers in Western N...

I examine the relationship between social and human capital in colo...

Nonso Obikili

Working Paper

Dependence on Environmental Resources and Implications for Household Welfare: Evidence ...

This paper examines dependence on environmental resources and impac...

Gladman Thondhlana, Edwin Muchapondwa

Working Paper

Family Functioning and Life Satisfaction and Happiness in South African Household

Families form an integral part of society and in fostering individu...

Frikkie Booysens, Ferdi Botha

Working Paper

Debt Relief under the HIPC Initiative: Why Some Countries Complete the Programme Faster...

The Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative has been one o...

William Akoto

Working Paper

Institutional Quality and Debt Relief: A Political Economy Approach

Recent shifts in the global debt relief architecture has meant that...

William Akoto

Working Paper

Happy in the Informal Economy? A Case Study of Well-Being Among Day Labourers in South ...

Past research provided evidence of the negative effect that individ...

Phillip F. Blaauw, Rinie Schenck, Ilse Botha, Christie Schoeman

Working Paper

Heights and development in a Cash-Crop Colony: Living standards in Ghana, 1870-1980

While Ghana is a classic case of economic growth in an agricultural...

Jörg Baten, Gareth Austin, Alexander Moradi

Working Paper

Social capital as an engine of growth: Multisectoral modelling and implications

We propose a multisector endogenous growth model incorporating soci...

Youyou B. Bofota, Raouf Boucekkine, Alain P. Bala

Working Paper

Stokvels as an instrument and channel to extend credit to poor households in South Afri...

Policy Paper 19 A stokvel can in general terms be defined as an umb...

Polly Mashigo, Christie Schoeman

Policy 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

A reconsideration of what and who is middle class in South Africa

In this paper, we revisit ‘what and who’ is middle clas...

Justin Visagie, Dorrit Posel

Working Paper

Relative standing and subjective well-being in South Africa: The role of perceptions, e...

Most studies that explore the impact of relative standing on subjec...

Daniela Casale

Working Paper

An economic analysis of sports performance in Africa

The purpose of this study is to develop insight into the socio-econ...

Riyas Fadal, John M. Luiz

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

Income Inequality, Reciprocity and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis Begg...

This paper analyses the impact of income inequality on public good ...

Andre Hofmeyr, Martine Visser, Justine Burns

Working Paper

Begging the Question: Permanent Income and Social Mobility

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

Sean Muller

Working Paper

An examination of the Impact of Economic Policy on long-run Economic Growth: An applica...

This paper examines the impact of two indicators of government poli...

Martine Mariotti

Working Paper

An examination of the impact of financial deepening on long-run economic growth: An app...

This paper examines the impact of financial deepening on long run e...

Chandana Kularatne

Working Paper

Human and social capital in Soweto in 1999 - preliminary report on field study: Backgro...

Policy Paper (Interest) 04 This paper summarises data that were gat...

Policy Paper

The role of human and social capital: Extending our understanding

Policy Paper (Interest) 11 Human capital, institutions and social c...

Barbara Piazza-Georgi

Policy Paper

Forms of social capital in present-day Soweto: A factor analysis of household survey data

Policy Paper (Interest) 18 This paper analyses data on social capit...

Barbara Piazza-Georgi

Policy Paper