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Persistent gender roles in South Africa deprive women of leisure time
In most countries, traditional gender roles within the household are still common due to the prevalence and persistence of patriarchal systems...
South Africa Women's empowerment Female labour force participationWorking Paper
The livelihood impacts of COVID-19 in urban South Africa: A view from belowThis paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy measures on livelihoods in urban South Africa...
COVID-19 Welfare dynamics LockdownWorking Paper
The asymmetric impact of economic policy uncertainty on firm-level investment in South Africa: Firm-level evidence from administrative tax dataThis paper uses firm-level data and a news-based measure of economic policy uncertainty to provide empirical evidence that economic policy uncertainty has a negative impact on firm-level investment in South Africa...
Economic policy policy uncertainty InvestmentBlog
Technology and supermarket chains can help strengthen southern Africa’s food systemsAgriculture and agro-processing value chains have been under pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been particularly marked where they remain underdeveloped, as is the case in South Africa and the rest of the region...
Technology Supermarkets South AfricaBlog
Surprise success – moving SA-TIED seminars online makes them more engaging and fruitful
In September 2020, due to the ongoing pandemic, SA-TIED moved its seminar series online. What once took place at the National Treasury in Pretoria, now takes place once or twice a month on Zoom...
SA-TIED South AfricaWorking Paper
The influence of household composition on leisure time in South Africa: A gender comparisonThis study considers how household composition influences the leisure time of men and women in South Africa, using the South African 2010 Time Use Survey...
leisure household composition Gender inequalityWorking Paper
Youth unemployment hysteresis in South Africa: Macro-micro analysisThis study simulates the macro-micro economic impacts of the employment policy, focusing on hysteresis in youth unemployment in South Africa...
Computable general equilibrium Youth unemployment Employment policyWorking Paper
Structural estimates of the South African sacrifice ratioThis paper estimates the output cost of fighting inflation—the sacrifice ratio—for the South African economy using quarterly data spanning the period 1998Q1–2019Q3...
Monetary policy Inflation targeting OutputTechnical Note
Identifying foreign firms and South African multinational enterprises: CIT-IRP5 panel v4.0The identification of foreign firms and South African multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the CIT-IRP5 panel has proved to be a challenge for many researchers...
Multinational firms Foreign firms Tax dataResearch Brief
Technology, tourism, malls, and metros: Promises and pitfalls of tradable services in AfricaThere is growing recognition around the world that tradable services can play a valuable role in economic development. Africa is no exception, with the need for multiple routes to growth, particularly vis-à-vis the COVID-19 pandemic...
Africa International trade South AfricaWorking Paper
Do fiscal regimes matter for fiscal sustainability in South Africa?: A Markov-switching approachThis paper empirically examines South Africa’s fiscal sustainability through a Markov-switching model which utilizes quarterly datasets for the period from 1960 to 2019...
Fiscal sustainability Markov switching South AfricaWorking Paper
Identifying structural changes in the exchange rates of South Africa as a regime-switching processExchange rate volatility is said to exemplify the economic health of a country. Exchange rate break points (known as structural breaks) have a momentous impact on the macroeconomy of a country...
Machine learning Markov switching Principal component analysisWorking Paper
Orphans and stunted growth: Investigating the potential of spatial network effects in service delivery for reducing stunting in orphansStunted growth in early life has serious implications for children and is a well-established constraint to productivity, life expectancy, and cognitive development...
Children Vulnerability StuntingWorking Paper
The impact on the South African economy of alternative regulatory arrangements in the petroleum sectorThis paper adds quantitative analysis to the study by Crompton et al. (2020) , in which various alternative regulatory arrangements regarding the petrol price in South Africa were explored...
Computable general equilibrium Economic impact PricesWorking Paper
Exporters and global value chain participation: Firm-level evidence from South AfricaUsing the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury firm-level panel data for 2009–17, this paper investigates how global value chain-related trade affects the export performance of manufacturing firms in South Africa...
Global value chains Learning by exporting ProductivityResearch Brief
Are credits or deductions better in public health spending?: The impact on equality in South AfricaThe impact of medical deductions and medical credits on income inequality is a subject of discussion in South Africa, as well as in many other countries, raising critical questions about the fairness of the medical tax system and the impact on afford...
Medical tax credit Medical expenses Tax deductions