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Finding optimal solutions for efficient youth labour policies: What kind of firms employ young people in South Africa?According to South Africa’s National Development Plan Vision 2030, serious action needs to be taken to reduce poverty and encourage economic growth...
Tax administration data Firm-level analysis Firm behaviourWorking Paper
Employer characteristics and youth employment outcomes in the formal sector in South Africa: Assessment using administrative tax dataThrough the use of administrative tax data, this study attempts to identify the characteristics of firms that employ relatively large numbers of young people...
Tax administration data Firm-level analysis Firm behaviourJournal Article
New data, new approaches and new evidence: A policy synthesisPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis South Africa DataJournal Article
Job flows, worker flows and churning in South AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis Data South AfricaJournal Article
Markups and concentration in South African manufacturing sectors: An analysis with administrative dataPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis South Africa DataJournal Article
Understanding manufactured exporters at the firm-level: New insights from using SARS administrative dataPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis South Africa DataJournal Article
Importing and firm export performance: New evidence from South AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis South Africa DataJournal Article
Total factor productivity in South African manufacturing firmsPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis South Africa DataJournal Article
Introduction to the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury firm-level panelPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis South Africa DataJournal Article
Introduction: Firm level analysis with administrative dataPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis South Africa DataJournal Special Issue
Firm level analysis using administrative record dataThis special issue focuses on a collaborative effort between the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to employ administrative record data from SARS for economic policy analysis...
Firm-level analysis South Africa Economic policyWorking Paper
Firm-level determinants of earnings in the formal sector of the South African labour marketLabour market analysis in the South African context provides a relatively robust understanding of the individual characteristics that influence wage differentials across workers (i.e...
Administrative data Tax Firm-level analysisJournal Article
Learning by Exporting: The Case of Mozambican ManufacturingPart of Journal Special Issue Learning to Compete
Firm-level analysis Learning spillovers ExportsWorking Paper
Labour demand and the distribution of wages in South African manufacturing exportersThis paper contributes to the understanding of the linkages between exporting, labour demand, and wages in South Africa...
Exporters Firm-level analysis Labour demandVideo
Regional Growth and Development in Southern Africa project - an interview with Channing ArndtChanning Arndt , Senior Research Fellow of UNU-WIDER, outlines the main research areas for this project on economic growth in the Southern African region. The project has two main elements – one specifically on the South African economy; the...
South Africa Industrialization Regional economicsProject
Regional growth and development in Southern Africa
Theme: Transformation
South Africa Regional integration Industrialization