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Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa between 2008 and 2017Longitudinal surveys allow us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage determine present material welfare and economic upward or downward mobility over time...
Economic inequality Poverty Dynamics Social stratificationJournal Article
The corruption–growth relationship: Does the political regime matter?Corruption is widely believed to have an adverse effect on the economic performance of a country...
Corruption Democracy Economic growthResearch Brief
Strengthening SADC trade in alternative fuels: Reducing the impact of global oil pricesAnalysis of World Bank data ranging from 1990–2017 indicates that increases in global oil prices would have negative effects on the economic growth of SADC, especially Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Mauritius...
Economic growth Oil prices Panel data analysisWorking Paper
The corruption–growth relationship: Do political institutions matter?Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth...
Corruption Democracy Economic growthResearch Brief
A game of snakes and ladders with loaded dice: Socioeconomic class and poverty in South AfricaSouth Africa is often cited as the most unequal economy in the world...
Economic inequality Poverty Dynamics Social stratificationWorking Paper
Markups and market structure in South Africa: What can be learnt from new administrative data?The South African economy is generally understood to be characterised by high levels of product market concentration and high firm markups...
Markups Market design Panel data analysisWorking Paper
How do human rights violations affect poverty and income distribution?The goal of this paper is to examine the impact of human rights on income distribution and poverty by exploring how both aid and trade can influence poverty and income distribution through human rights...
Human rights Income inequality PovertyWorking Paper
Evaluating the impact of global oil prices on the SADC and the potential for increased trade in biofuels and natural gas within the regionThis paper investigates whether Southern African Development Community countries that are vulnerable to changes in oil prices could instead substitute oil and petroleum products with biofuels and gas from within the region...
Economic growth Oil prices Panel data analysisWorking Paper
Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa, 2008–2017Longitudinal surveys can give insight into economic mobility, which allows us to understand how markers of (dis)advantage are consequential in determining material conditions in the present, and how these markers structure economic opportunity over t...
Economic inequality Poverty Dynamics Social stratificationWorking Paper
Welfare dynamics in rural Vietnam: Learning from regular, high-quality panel dataWhile many studies of welfare dynamics have been conducted using panel data sets with two or three waves, much richer insights can be obtained where more waves are available...
Welfare dynamics Panel survey Panel data analysisBook Chapter
Career dynamics and gender gaps among employees in the microfinance sectorFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Gender gap Job mobility PromotionJournal Article
Welfare dynamics measurement: Two definitions of a vulnerability line and their empirical applicationPart of Journal Special Issue Inequality
Welfare dynamics Poverty VulnerabilityWorking Paper
Career dynamics and gender gaps among employees in the microfinance sectorWhile microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly important as employers in the developing world, there is little micro-level evidence on gender differences among MFI employees and MFIs’ relation to economic development...
Gender gap Job mobility Promotion