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From Coal to Chlorophyll: Identifying Green Job Opportunities for Youth during South Africa’s Just Transition
Robert Hill, Leigh Neethling and Morné Oosthuizen
WP 202406 July 2024
The Labour Market Effects of Cash Transfers to the Unemployed: Evidence from South Africa
Haroon Bhorat and Timothy Köhler
WP 202405 June 2024
Social Security Coverage among the Working-Age Population in South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Timothy Köhler and Jabulile Monnakgotla
WP 202404 June 2024
Supply-Side Economics of a Good Type: Supporting and Expanding South Africa’s Informal Economy
Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat Alexia Lochmann, Lisa Martin and Kishan Shah
WP 202403 June 2024
Just Transition and the Labour Market in South Africa: Measuring Individual and Household Coal Economy Dependence
Haroon Bhorat, Tsungai Kupeta, Lisa Martin and François Steenkamp
WP 202402 February 2024
Watts Happening to Work? The Labour Market Effects of South Africa’s Electricity Crisis
Haroon Bhorat and Timothy Köhler
WP 202401 May 2024
Wages and Wage Inequality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa
Timothy Köhler and Haroon Bhorat
WP 202308 October 2023
Co-ordination to support inclusive growth in developing countries in the context of globalization: The case of the business process outsourcing sector in South Africa
Caitlin Allen Whitehead, Zaakhir Asmal, and Haroon Bhorat
WP 202307 August 2023
Technological Change in the Insurance Sector in South Africa:
Disruption with the Potential for Social Good in a Developing Country Context?
Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Lisa-Cheree Martin, and Chris Rooney
WP 202306 August 2023
Skilled Immigration in South Africa
Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, David de Villiers and Lisa Martin
WP 202304 May 2023
Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Deindustrialisation or a Renaissance?
Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Christopher Rooney, and François Steenkamp
WP 202303 April 2023
Wage Subsidies and Job Retention in a Developing Country: Evidence from South Africa
Tim Köhler, Haroon Bhorat and Robert Hill
WP 202302 April 2023
Can Cash Transfers to the Unemployed Support Economic Activity? Evidence from South Africa
Tim Köhler, Haroon Bhorat and David de Villiers
WP 202301 March 2023
Understanding the Economic Complexity of the MER Sector with a Focus on SMMEs: A Synthesis
Caitlin Allen Whitehead, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Timothy Köhler and François Steenkamp
WP 202204 December 2022
This research analyses the MER sector through the novel and innovative lens of economic complexity and industrial relatedness theory to identify diversification opportunities and address capability constraints. The findings provide evidence-based industrial policy recommendations to revitalize the sector and, by extension, the broader South African economy. We also provide a unique policy calculus that quantifies the potential economic outcomes that may emerge should the MER sector realise the industrial diversification opportunities identified.
Expansion and Diversification in the MER Sector: Results from an Enterprise Survey
Caitlin Allen Whitehead, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Timothy Köhler and François Steenkamp
WP 202203 November 2022
Testing Positive for Automation: Labour-replacing Technology and Job Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa
Angela Euston-Brown
WP 202202 October 2022
Wage subsidies and COVID-19: The distribution and dynamics of South Africa's TERS policy
Tim Köhler and Robert Hill
WP 202109 November 2021
Can cash transfers aid labour market recovery? Evidence from South Africa’s special COVID-19 grant
Tim Köhler and Haroon Bhorat
WP 202108 June 2021
COVID-19 and the labour market: Estimating the employment effects of South Africa’s national lockdown
Timothy Köhler, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill and Benjamin Stanwix
WP 202107 May 2021
The Potential Employment Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies: The Case of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector
Caitlin Allen Whitehead, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Timothy Köhler and François Steenkamp
WP 202106 May 2021
Understanding Economic Complexity: An Application to the MER Sector
Caitlin Allen Whitehead and Haroon Bhorat
WP 202105 May 2021
The Impact of the National Minimum Wage in South Africa: Early Quantitative Evidence
Haroon Bhorat, Adaiah Lilenstein and Ben Stanwix
WP 202104 April 2021
Job Quality in South Africa: A Proposed Index for Ongoing Monitoring of Job Quality
Jabulile Monnakgotla and Morné Oosthuizen
WP 202103 March 2021
Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A South African case study
Caitlin Allen, Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Jabulile Monnakgotla, Morné Oosthuizen, and Christopher Rooney
WP 202102 February 2021
Mind the gap: The distributional effects of South Africa’s national lockdown on gender wage inequality
Robert Hill and Tim Köhler
WP 202101 January 2021
Social assistance during South Africa’s national lockdown: Examining the COVID-19 grant, changes to the Child Support Grant, and post-October policy options
Tim Köhler and Haroon Bhorat
WP 202009 October 2020
COVID-19, social protection, and the labour market in South Africa: Are social grants being targeted at the most vulnerable?
Tim Köhler and Haroon Bhorat
WP 202008 August 2020
The Employment Tax Incentive Scheme in South Africa: An Impact Assessment
Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Safia Khan, Kezia Lilenstein and Ben Stanwix
WP 202007 August 2020
Social Assistance Amidst the Covid-19 Epidemic in South Africa: An Impact Assessment
Haroon Bhorat, Morné Oosthuizen and Ben Stanwix
WP 202006 July 2020
Jobs, Economic Growth, and Capacity Development for Youth in Africa
Haroon Bhorat and Morné Oosthuizen
WP 202005 May 2020
The Economics of Covid-19 in South Africa: Early Impressions
Haroon Bhorat, Tim Köhler, Morné Oosthuizen, Ben Stanwix, François Steenkamp and Amy Thornton
WP 202004 May 2020
Jobs and COVID-19: Measuring Work-Related Physical Interaction
Haroon Bhorat, Amy Thornton, Tim Köhler, and Morné Oosthuizen
WP 202003 April 2020
Measuring Multidimensional Labour Law Violation with an Application to South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Benjamin Stanwix and Amy Thornton
WP 202002 February 2020
Crime and Inequality in South Africa: Non-Linear Outcomes Under Extreme Inequality
Haroon Bhorat, Adaiah Lilenstein, Jabulile Monnakgotla, Amy Thornton and Kirsten van der Zee
WP 202001, February 2020
Building Economic Complexity in Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Christopher Rooney and François Steenkamp
WP 201906, December 2019
Economic Complexity and Employment Expansion: The Case of South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Arabo Ewinyu, Kezia Lilenstein, Christopher Rooney, François Steenkamp and Amy Thornton
WP 201905, December 2019
Does IEB make the grade? Alternative testing methods and Educational outcomes: The case of the IEB in South Africa
Robert Hill
WP 201904, November 2019
Labour Market Policy Responses amidst Globalisation: The Case of South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Kezia Lilenstein and François Steenkamp
WP 201903, November 2019
An Initial Assessment of Biodiversity-Related Employment in South Africa
Amanda Driver, Fulufhelo Mukhadi & Emily A. Botts
WP 201902, October 2019
Minimum Wages and Labor Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius
Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Marco Ranzani and Pierella Paci
WP 201901, January 2019
Understanding and Characterizing the Services Sector in South Africa: An Overview
Haroon Bhorat, François Steenkamp, Christopher Rooney, Nomsa Kachingwe and Adrienne Lees
WP 201803, October 2018
SMMES in South Africa: Understanding the Constraints on Growth and Performance
Haroon Bhorat, Zaakhir Asmal, Kezia Lilenstein and Kirsten van der Zee
WP 201802, July 2018
Structural Change and Patterns of Inequality in the South African Labour Market
Haroon Bhorat and Safia Khan
WP 201801, March 2018
The Seychelles Labor Market
Haroon Bhorat, Arabo Ewinyu, Derek Yu
WP 201706, July 2017
The SocioEconomic Determinants of Crime in South Africa: an Empirical Assessment
Haroon Bhorat, Adaiah Lilenstein, Jabulile Monnakgotla, Amy Thornton and Kirsten van der Zee
WP 201704, March 2017
Correlates of ICTs and Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Safia Khan, Kezia Lilenstein, Morné Oosthuizen and Christopher Rooney
WP 201703, March 2017
State Of Manufacturing In South Africa
Haroon Bhorat and Christopher Rooney
WP 201702, March 2017
The Role of Informal Urban Settlements in Upward Mobility
Ivan Turok, Josh Budlender and Justin Visagie
WP 201701, February 2017
The Paradox of Effective Labor Regulation
Lucas Ronconi, Mercedes Sidders and Benjamin Stanwix
WP 201605, December 2016
Vulnerability In Employment: Evidence from South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Kezia Lilenstein, Morné Oosthuizen, Amy Thornton
WP 201604, November 2016
Informality and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Aalia Cassim, Kezia Lilenstein, Morné Oosthuizen, Francois Steenkamp
WP 201602, May 2016
Investigating the Feasibility of a National Minimum Wage for South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Tara Caetano, Benjamin Jourdan, Ravi Kanbur, Christopher Rooney, Benjamin Stanwix and Ingrid Woolard
WP 201601, May 2016
Labor Market Regulations in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Senegal
Stephen Golub, Aly Mbaye and Hanyu Chwe
WP 201505, December 2015
Can Africa Compete with China in Manufacturing? The Role of Relative Unit Labor Costs
Janet Ceglowski, Stephen Golub, Aly Mbaye and Varun Prasad
WP 201504, August 2015
Minimum Wages in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Primer
Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur and Ben Stanwix
WP 201503, June 2015
Non-Income Welfare And Inclusive Growth In South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Benjamin Stanwix and Derek YuWP201407, December 2014
The Urban Informal Sector in Francophone Africa:Large Versus Small Enterprises in Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegal
Aly Mbaye, Nancy Benjamin, Stephen Golub and Jean-Jacques EkomieWP 201405, December 2014
The Real Exchange Rate and Sectoral Employment in South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Nan Tian, Mark EllyneWP 201404, December 2014
The Silent Success: Delivery of Public Assets Since Democracy
Haroon Bhorat, Carlene van der Westhuizen, Derek YuWP 201403, July 2014
Trade Unions In An Emerging Economy: The Case Of South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Karmen Naidoo, Derek YuWP 201402, July 2014
Economic Policy in South Africa: Past Present and Future
Haroon Bhorat, Alan Hirsch, Ravi Kanbur and Mthuli NcubeWP 201401, July 2014
Do Industrial Disputes Reduce Employment? Evidence from South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Elne Jacobs and Carlene van der WesthuizenWP 13/161, December 2013
Unemployment Insurance in South Africa: A Descriptive Overview of Claimants and Claims
Haroon Bhorat, Sumayya Goga and David TsengWP 13/160, December 2013
Labour Unions and Wage Inequality Among African Men in South Africa
Miracle Ntuli and Prudence KwendaWP 13/159, December 2013
Inflation Inequality In South Africa
Morne OosthuizenWP 13/158, October 2013
Maximising South Africa's Demographic Dividend
Morne OosthuizenWP 13/157, October 2013
Disability Grant and Individual Labour Force Participation: The Case of South Africa
George MutasaWP 12/156, December 2012
Demographic, Community and Macroeconomic Effects on Disability Grant Programme Participation
George MutasaWP 12/155, December 2012
The Impact of Sectoral Minimum Wage Laws on Employment, Wages and Hours of Work in South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Natasha MayetWP 12/154, November 2012
Student Graduation, Labour Market Destinations and Employment Earnings
Haroon Bhorat, Natasha Mayet, Mariette VisserWP 12/153, November 2012
Employment Outcomes and Returns to Earnings in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Natasha MayetWP 12/152, November 2012
Poverty, Inequality and the Nature of Economic Growth in South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Carlene Van Der WesthuizenWP 12/151, November 2012
A Nation in Search of Jobs: Six Possible Policy Suggestions for Employment Creation in South Africa
Haroon BhoratWP 12/150, July 2012
Estimating the Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment, Wages and Non-wage Benefits: The Case of Agriculture in South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Benjamin StanwixWP 12/149, July 2012
The Gender Wage Gap in the Post-apartheid South African Labour Market
Haroon Bhorat, Sumayya GogaWP 12/148, July 2012
The Newly Unemployed and the UIF Take-up Rate in the South African Labour Market
Haroon Bhorat, David TsengWP 12/147, July 2012
Institutional Wage Effects: Revisiting Union and Bargaining Council Wage Premia in South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Sumayya Goga, Carlene Van Der WesthuizenWP 11/146, December 2011
Estimating the Causal Effect of Enforcement on Minimum Wage Compliance : The Case of South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Natasha MayetWP 11/145, November 2011
Economists versus the Street: Comparative Viewpoints on Barriers to Self-employment in Khayelitsha, South Africa
Paul Cichello, Liberty Mncube, Morne Oosthuizen, Laura PoswellWP 11/144, November 2011
Minimum Wage Violation in South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Natasha MayetWP 11/143, October 2011
Estimating a poverty line: An application to free basic municipal services in South Africa
Haroon Bhorat, Morne Oosthuizen, Carlene Van Der WesthuizenWP 11/142, October 2011
Transformation: African People in the Western Cape. An Overview
Sabie Surtee and Martin J HallWP 10/141, December 2010
Labour Reform in South Africa: Measuring Regulation and a Synthesis of Policy Suggestions
Haroon Bhorat and Halton CheadleWP 09/139, September 2009
Income and Non-Income Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa: What are the Drivers and Possible Policy Interventions?
Haroon Bhorat, Carlene Van Der Westhuizen and Toughedah JacobsWP 09/138, August 2009
Understanding the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Dispute Resolution System in South Africa: An Analysis of CCMA Data
Haroon Bhorat, Kalie Pauw and Liberty MncubeWP 09/137, July 2009
A Synthesis of Current Issues in the Labour Regulatory Environment
Haroon Bhorat and Carlene Van Der WesthuizenWP 09/136, February 2009
Analysing Wage Formation in the South African Labour Markets: The Role of Bargaining Councils
Haroon Bhorat, Carlene Van Der Westhuizen and Sumayya GogaWP 09/135, January 2009
An Analysis of Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration Awards
Ian Macun, Daniel Lopes and Paul BenjaminWP 08/134, August 2008
Poverty and 'Second Economy' in South Africa: An Attempt to Clarify Applicable Concepts and Quantify Extent of Relevant Challenges
Vusi GumedeWP 08/133, June 2008
Seta Review
Carmel Marock, Candice Harrison-Train, Prof Bobby Soobrayan and Jonothan GunthorpeWP 08/132, May 2008
Costing, Comparing and Competing: Developing an Approach to the Benchmarking of Labour Market Regulation
Paul Benjamin and Jan TheronWP 07/131, November 2007
The State of Collective Bargaining in South Africa: An Empirical and Conceptual Study of Collective Bargaining
Shane Godfrey, Jan Theron and Margareet VisserWP 07/130, November 2007
Consumer Price Inflation across the Income Distribution in South Africa
Morne OosthuizenWP 07/129, November 2007
Welfare Shifts in the Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Comprehensive Measurement of Changes
Haroon Bhorat, Carlene Van Der Westhuizen and Sumayya GogaWP 07/128, October 2007
Expanding the Social Security Net in South Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Constraints
Kalie Pauw and Liberty NcubeWP 07/127, September 2007
The Impact of Growth and Redistribution on Poverty and Inequality in South Africa
Kalie Pauw and Liberty NcubeWP 07/126, August 2007
Setas - A Vehicle for the Skills Revolution?
Renee GrawitzkyWP 07/125, July 2007
The International Literature on Skills Training and the Scope for South African Application
Sean ArcherWP 07/124, July 2007
Sticking to the Facts: Official and Unofficial Stories about Poverty and Unemployment in South Africa
Charles MethWP 07/123, June 2007
Have Pro-Poor Health Policies Improves the Targeting of Spending and the Effective Delivery of Health Care in South Africa?
Ronelle Burger and Christelle GroblerWP 07/122, June 2007
Skills Shortages in South Africa: A Literature Review
Reza DanielsWP 07/121, May 2007
Unemployment, Education and Skills Constraints in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Rosa Dias and Dorrit PoselWP 07/120, March 2007
Regulating Flexibility and Small Business: Revisiting the LRA and BCEA. A Response to Halton Cheadle's Concept Paper
Andre van NiekerkWP 07/119, March 2007
Women in South African Labour Market, 1995 - 2005
Carlene Van Der Westhuizen, Sumayya Goga and Morne OosthuizenWP 07/118, February 2007
Wage Trends in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Constructing an Earnings Series from Household Survey Data
Rulof Burger and Derek YuWP 07/117, February 2007
An Exploratory Look into Labour Market Regulation
Anton RoskamWP 07/116, January 2007
Graduate Unemployment in the Context of Skills Shortages, Education and Training: Findings from a Firm Survey
Kalie Pauw, Haroon Bhorat, Sumayya Goga, Liberty Ncube, Morne Oosthuizen and Carlene Van Der WesthuizenWP 06/115, November 2006
Graduate Unemployment in the Face of Skill Shortages: A Labour Market Paradox
Kalie Pauw, Morne Oosthuizen and Carlene Van Der WesthuizenWP 06/114, November 2006
The Regulatory Environment and SMMEs. Evidence from South African Firm Level Data
Neil RankinWP 06/113, September 2006
The Impacts of Sector-Specific Policies and Regulations on the Growth of SMEs in Eight Sectors of the South African Economy
Strategic Business Partnerships for Growth in Africa (SBP)WP 06/112, July 2006
Risks to Global Trade and Implications for South Africa's Economy and Policy
Jeremy WakefordWP 06/111, July 2006
The Regulatory Efficiency of the CCMA: A Statistical Analysis of the CCMA's CMS Database
Paul Benjamin and Carola GruenWP 06/110, June 2006
Regulated Flexibility and Small Business: Revisiting the LRA and the BCEA
Halton CheadleWP 06/109, June 2006
Shifts in Non-Income Welfare in South Africa: 1993 - 2004
Haroon Bhorat, Carlene Van Der Westhuizen and Pranushka NaidooWP 06/108, May 2006
Impact of Municipal Regulations on SMMEs
AFReC, MCA & BEESWP 06/107, May 2006
Conditions of Employment and Small Business: Coverage, Compliance and Exemptions
Shane Godfrey, Johann Maree and Jan TheronWP 06/106, March 2006
Recent findings on Tax-Related Regulatory Burden on SMMEs in South Africa: Literature Review and Policy Options
Doubell Chamberlain and Anja SmithWP 06/105, March 2006
Trends in Poverty and Inequality Since the Political Transition
Servaas Van Der Berg, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Megan Louw and Derek YuWP 06/104, March 2006
The Post-Apartheid Labour Market: 1995 - 2004
Morne OosthuizenWP 06/103, February 2006
Second Best? Trends and Linkages in the Informal Economy in South Africa
Richard Devey, Caroline Skinner and Imraan ValodiaWP 06/102, February 2006
Poverty and Well-being in Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Overview of Data, Outcomes and Policy
Haroon Bhorat and Ravi KanburWP 05/101, October 2005
Have Labour Market Outcomes Affected Household Structure in South Africa? A Descriptive Analysis of Households
Farah PirouzWP 05/100, October 2005
The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers
Tom HertzWP 05/099, October 2005
Market Failure, Human Capital, and Job Search Dynamics in South Africa: The Case of Duncan Village
Patrick Duff and David FryerWP 05/098, September 2005
'Two Million Net New Jobs': A Reconsideration of the Rise in Employment in South Africa, 1995 - 2003
Daniela Casale, Colette Muller and Dorrit PoselWP 05/097, August 2005
Subjective Well-being Poverty versus Income Poverty and Capabilities Poverty?
Geeta Kingdon and John KnightWP 05/096, July 2005
Community, Comparisons and Subjective Well-being in a Divided Society
Geeta Kingdon and John KnightWP 05/095, July 2005
Measuring recent Changes in South African Inequality and Poverty using 1996 and 2001 Census Data
Leibbrandt, Laura Poswell, Pranushka Naidoo, Matthew Welch and Ingrid WoolardWP 05/094, June 2005
The Post-Apartheid South African Labour Market
Morne Oosthuizen and Haroon BhoratWP 05/093, April 2005
Poverty, Inequality and Labour Markets in Africa: A Descriptive Overview
Haroon BhoratWP 05/092, March 2005
Estimating an Earnings Function from Coarsened Data by an Interval Censored Regression Procedure. Data
Reza C Daniels and Sandrine RospabeWP 05/091, February 2005
Homing in on the Core - Households Incomes, Income Sources and Geography in South Africa
Sten DiedenWP 04/090, December 2004
Half Measures: The ANC's Unemployment and Poverty Reduction Goals
Charles MethWP 04/089, December 2004
Internal Migration to the Gauteng Province
Morne Oosthuizen and Pranushka NaidooWP 04/088, November 2004
Emergent Black Affluence and Social Mobility in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Rulof Burger, Ronelle Burger and Servaas Van Der BergWP 04/087, November 2004
Co-ordination Failure and Employment in South Africa
David Fryer and Desire VencatachellumWP 04/086, June 2004
Productivity, Wages and Employment in South Africa's Manufacturing Sector, 1970 - 2002
Jeremy WakefordWP 04/085, March 2004
What has the feminisation of the labour market 'brought' women in South Africa? Trends in labour force participation, employment and earnings, 1995 - 2001
Daniela CasaleWP 04/084, March 2004
Poverty and Labour Market Markers of HIV+ Households: An Exploratory Methodological Analysis
Haroon Bhorat and Najma ShaikhWP 04/083, February 2004
The Post-Apartheid Challenge: Labour Demand Trends in the South African Labour Market, 1995 - 1999
Haroon BhoratWP 03/082, August 2003
Expected Labour Demands in South Africa 1998 - 2003
Morne OosthuizenWP 03/081, August 2003
The Contribution of Technikons to Human Resources Development in South Africa
Charlton KoenWP 03/080, August 2003
Sector Education Training Authorities and the Delivery of Training: Preliminary Remarks on the New Skills Dispensation in South Africa
Paul LundallWP 03/079, August 2003
The Impact of Privatisation and Regulatory Reform on Wage Premia in State-Owned Enterprises in South Africa
Damian Hattingh, James Hodge and Sandrine RospabeWP 03/078, July 2003
Earnings and Employment Dynamics for Africans in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Panel Study of Kwa Zulu-Natal
Paul L Cichello, Gary S Fields and Murray LeibbrandtWP 03/077, May 2003
Returns to Education in South Africa: Evidence from the Machibisa Township
David Fryer and Desire VencatachellumWP 03/076, May 2003
Estimates for Poverty Alleviation in South Africa, with an Application to a Universal Income Grant
Haroon BhoratWP 03/075, April 2003
What has been happening to Internal Labour Migration in South Africa, 1993 - 1999?
Dorrit Posel and Daniela CasaleWP 03/074, April 2003
Education and Socio-Economic Differentials: A Study of School Performance in the Western Cape
Servaas Van Der Berg and Ronelle BurgerWP 03/073, March 2003
Measuring South Africa's Informal Sector: An Analysis of National Household Surveys
Colette MullerWP 03/071, January 2003
Cape International Convention Centre: The Projected Economic Distribution
Barry StandishWP 02/070, August 2002
Special Problems in Securing A Reduction in Working Hours: The Case of Security Workers
Paul LundallWP 02/069, July 2002
Employment, Wages and Skills Development: Firm-Specific Effects - Evidence from Two Firm Surveys in South Africa
Haroon Bhorat and Paul LundallWP 02/068, June 2002
Foreign Investments in SADC
Samson MuradzikwaWP 02/067, June 2002
An Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of the Clothing Textile Industry in SADC
Eckart NaumannWP 02/066, April 2002
Why is Youth Unemployment so High and Unequally spread in South Africa?
Cecil Mlatsheni and Sandrine RospabeWP 02/065, May 2002
Transaction Costs and Clothing and Textile Trade in SADC
Shannon TaggWP 02/064, April 2002
A Decomposition of Growth of the Real Wage Rate for South Africa: 1970 - 2000
Dipak Mazumdar and Dirk van SeventerWP 02/063, March 2002
A Comparison of Wage Levels and Wage Inequality in the Public and Private Sectors, 1995 - 2000
Ingrid WoolardWP 02/062, March 2002
Achieving Employment Equity in the Public Service: A study of changes between 1995 and 2001
Keith Thompson and Ingrid WoolardWP 02/061, January 2002
Trade, Technology and Wage Inequality in South Africa
Tahir Abdi and Lawrence EdwardsWP 02/060, January 2002
Labour Market Reform and the Evolution of the Racial Wage Hierarchy in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Paul Allanson and Jonathan AtkinsWP 01/059, December 2001
The Southern African regional clothing and textile industry: Case studies of Malawi, Mauritius and Zimbabwe
Samson MuradzikwaWP 01/058, December 2001
The role of intra-industry trade and cross-border supply chains in facilitating regional integration in the SADC markets
Martine VisserWP 01/057, November 2001
Regional supply chain development: A case study of the clothing and textile industry in SADC
Martine VisserWP 01/056, November 2001
Consumer Indebtedness Among Urban South African Households: A Descriptive Overview
Reza DanielsWP 01/055, September 2001
The role of education and fertility in the participation and employment of African women in South Africa
Cecil Mlatsheni and Murray LeibbrandtWP 01/054, September 2001
Inflation and the role of wages in South Africa: A co-integration analysis
Ben Smit and Stan du PlessisWP 01/053, September 2001
Evaluation of Spatial Development Initiatives: Case studies of the Maputo Development Corridor and the West Coast Investment Initiative
David Bek and Ian TaylorWP 01/052, August 2001
The Determinants of Intra-Regional Trade in Southern African with Specific Reference to South Africa and the Rest of the Region
Rashad CassimWP 01/051, June 2001
Key Issues facing Sugar Industries in the Southern African Development Community
Michael MatsebulaWP 01/050, May 2001
Racial Wage Discrimination in South Africa: Before and After the First Democratic Election
Gaute Erichsen and Jeremy WakefordWP 01/049, May 2001
Making Racial Wage Relations Fair in South Africa: A Focus on the Role of Trade Unions
Sandrine RospabeWP 01/048, April 2001
Institutional Aspects of the Maputo Development Corridor
Fredrik SoderbaumWP 01/047, April 2001
Poverty Alleviation in the Subsistence Fisheries Sector: A Microeconometric Analysis
Reza DanielsWP 01/046, March 2001
Competition Policy and Privatisation in the South African Water Industry
Beatrice Conradie, Jacqui Goldin, Anthony Leiman, Barry Standish and Martine VisserWP 01/045, March 2001
Public-private partnerships: Lessons from the Maputo Development Corridor Toll Road
Ian TaylorWP 00/044, December 2000
Wage premia and wage differentials in the South African Labour Market
Haroon BhoratWP 00/043, October 2000
Regional Trade Integration in Southern Africa: Critical Policy Issues
Paul KalengaWP 00/042, September 2000
Are Wage Adjustments an Effective Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation? Some Simulations for Domestic and Farm Workers
Haroon BhoratWP 00/041, September 2000
Assessing the South African Brain Drain, a Statistical Comparison
Jean-Baptiste Meyer, Mercy Brown, David KaplanWP 00/040, July 2000
Macroeconomic policy and trade intergration in Southern Africa
Charles HarveyWP 00/039, April 2000
The impact of the Maputo Development Corridor on freight flows: an initial investigation
Amanda Driver and Joao Gabriel de BarrosWP 00/038, March 2000
Understanding the high tech sector in the Cape Metropolitan Region: a contribution to the development of a regional strategy for high tech industry
James Hodge and Amanda DriverWP 00/037, March 2000
An Overview of the Role of Producer Services in the Petrochemicals Industry in South Africa: A Case Study of Sasol
James HodgeWP 00/036, February 2000
An Overview of Producer Services in the Mining Industry in South Africa
Thomas E. PogueWP 00/035, February 2000
Contemporary Labour Market Policy and Poverty in South Africa
Muzi MaziyaWP 99/034, December 1999
Measuring Poverty in South Africa
Ingrid Woolard and Murray LeibbrandtWP 99/033, October 1999
Modelling Vulnerability and Low Earnings in the South African Labour Market
Haroon Bhorat and Murray LeibbrandtWP 99/032, October 1999
Household Incomes, Poverty and Inequality in a Multivariate Framework
Murray Leibbrandt and Ingrid WoolardWP 99/031, December 1999
Social Policy to Address Poverty
Servaas Van Der BergWP 99/030, August 1999
The Present as a Legacy of the Past: The Labour Market, Inequality and Poverty in South Africa
Servaas Van Der Berg and Haroon BhoratWP 99/029
Regional Institutional Structure and Industrial Strategy: Richards Bay and the Spatial Development Initiatives
Peter V HallWP 99/028, August 1999
Correlates of Vulnerability in the South African Labour Market
Haroon Bhorat, Murray LeibbrandtWP 99/027, May 1999
Public Expenditure and Poverty Alleviation in the South African Labour Market
Haroon BhoratWP 99/026, May 1999
Understanding Contemporary Household Inequality in South Africa
Murray Leibbrandt, Haroon Bhorat and Ingrid WoolardWP 99/025, May 1999
The SADC's Revealed Comparative Advantage in Regional and International Trade
Nicole ValentineWP 98/015, November 1998
Allocating Community Benefits: Institutional Options in Support of the Empo-Tourism Models
Sean Eliffe, Peter Rutsch and Geoff de BeerWP 98/014, February 1998
Income and Price Elasticities in Manufacturing Exports
Haroon BhoratWP 98/013, February 1998
An Assessment of the Factors that Promoted Industrial Development in Richards Bay
Jayanthi Aniruth and Justin BarnesWP 97/012, December 1997
Tourism Development and the Empowerment of Local Communities
Geoff de Beer and Sean EliffeWP 97/011, August 1997
Some International Perspectives on Tourism Led Socio-Economic Development
Geoff de Beer and Brian WheellerWP 97/010, August 1997
A Tale of Two Companies: A Case Study of the Glass Packaging Industry in South Africa
Tanya RosenthalWP 97/009, February 1997
Restructuring for Survival: A Case Study of a Small-Appliance Manufacturer in South Africa
Avril JoffeWP 97/008, September 1997
Learning, Technical Change and the Trade Regime in the South African Automotive Component Sector
Anthony BlackWP 96/007, December 1996
South African Industrial Policy and the Learning Firm: A Case Study of Bell Equipment Ltd
Raphael Kaplinsky and Edmund MhlongoWP 96/006, November 1996
Restructuring the South African Steel Industry: Case-Study Newcastle
Faith McDonaldWP 96/005, July 1996
Printing and Publishing in the Witwatersrand
Michael SchurWP 96/004, July 1996
The Clothing Industry in Durban
Erica PrinslooWP 96/003, July 1996
A Study of the Cape Clothing Industry
Lionel OctoberWP 96/002, July 1996
The South African Fruit Processing Industry: Is the Climate Ripe?
Stephen HanivalWP 96/001, July 1996
The State of Science and Technology in South Africa: New Priorities, New Policies
David KaplanWP 95/001, 1995