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Spillovers from extractive industriesExtractive industries form an important part of the economy for many developing countries, but their impact on growth and welfare remains understudied...
Mining South Africa SpilloversWorking Paper
The impact of centralized bargaining on spillovers and the wage structure in monopsonistic labour marketsHow does centralized bargaining affect the broader wage structure? And what does this tell us about the (non-)competitive dynamics of such labour markets?...
Wages Collective bargaining MonopsonyWorking Paper
Informal employment or informal firms? Regulatory enforcement and the transformation of the informal sectorWhile there is general agreement that regulatory avoidance is an important part of firms’ decisions to produce in the informal sector, there is much less agreement on how regulation and enforcement affect firms’ decisions on, inter alia, ...
Informal sector Regulation SpilloversResearch Brief
Turnin’ it up a notch: Can foreign direct investment help South Africa increase the complexity of its exports?Since the end of apartheid, South Africa’s economic challenges have disrupted efforts to establish a society of inclusive growth and prosperity...
Economic complexity Foreign Direct Investment FDIWorking Paper
Turnin’ it up a notch: how spillovers from foreign direct investment boost the complexity of South Africa’s exportsCountries’ economic complexity, and the associated diversification and sophistication of their exports, is a key determinant of economic growth...
Economic complexity Foreign Direct Investment FDIWorking Paper
Worker mobility and productivity spillovers: An emerging market perspectiveThis paper uses matched employer-employee data from South Africa to examine the extent to which technology transfers between firms through the hiring of workers...
Technology transfer Linked employer-employee data SpilloversJournal Article
The transmission of socially responsible behaviour through international tradeWe investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of domestic Vietnamese firms and their engagement with foreign markets...
Corporate social responsibility Spillovers International trade