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The dynamic effects of aid and taxes on government spendingTHIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | This article examines the impact of foreign aid and taxes on government spending for 67 developing countries during 1980–2013 using dynamic heterogeneous (panel) time-series techniques...
Aid Cross-section dependence HeterogeneityWorking Paper
Aid, taxes, and government spending: A heterogeneous co-integrated panel analysisA substantial amount of aid to developing countries is given to the government, or goes through the budget, meaning it should have an impact on government fiscal behaviour (particularly on government spending)...
Aid Cross-section dependence HeterogeneityWorking Paper
Monetary policy and wealth inequality in South Africa: Evidence from tax administrative dataThis paper examines the relationship between monetary policy and wealth inequality in South Africa. We employed a unique database of tax administrative data which allowed us to account for individual heterogeneity...
Monetary policy Wealth inequality Tax dataResearch Brief
Wage inequality in post-apartheid South AfricaMuch work has been done on inequality in South Africa, but to date the literature that assesses the dynamic response of income or wealth distribution to economic policy actions is almost non-existent...
Income inequality Distributions HeterogeneityWorking Paper
Subjective returns to education: Rational expectations of disadvantaged groups in IndiaThis study uses data collected from school students in Mumbai to investigate how they perceive subjective expected returns for different levels of education in an environment that includes labour market discrimination...
Labour market discrimination Social identity Returns to educationWorking Paper
Measuring labour earnings inequality in post-apartheid South AfricaThis paper investigates the validity of household survey data published by Statistics South Africa since 1993 and later integrated into the Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series (PALMS)...
Income inequality Distributions HeterogeneityWorking Paper
Aid Supplies Over Time: Accounting for Heterogeneity, Trends and DynamicsThe recent financial crisis has rekindled interest in the foreign aid supply behaviour of bilateral donors. Using the latest data covering the period 1960-2009, this paper examines how such behaviour is related to domestic factors...
Business cycles Economic assistance and foreign aid Financial crisis