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Effective corporate tax burden and firm size in South Africa

We investigate the relationship between the corporate income tax burden and firm size in South Africa using a panel dataset from companies’ tax returns. We find that medium-sized companies are experiencing the lowest effective tax rate, while the...

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New data, new approaches and new evidence

The Republic of South Africa faces the imperative of escaping economic stagnation. This paper seeks to synthesize results from a series of research efforts, including but not limited to the work conducted under the UNU-WIDER project on ‘Regional...

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Occupational segregation by race in South Africa after Apartheid

This paper investigates progress in reducing the high level of racial stratification of occupations after apartheid in South Africa. Empirical analysis, using census microdata and Labour Force Surveys, does not provide compelling evidence of...

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Distributional changes in the gender wage gap in the post-apartheid South African labour market

This paper investigates the evolution of the gender wage gap in South Africa, using the 1993–2015 Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series data set. The changes in the gap are heterogeneous across the wage distribution. There has been a substantial...

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Fragmenting the family?

The disruption of family life is one of the important legacies of South Africa’s colonial and apartheid history. Families were undermined by deliberate strategies implemented through the pass laws, forced removals, urban housing policy, and the...

Journal Special Issue
Firm level analysis using administrative record data

This 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. It contains six research articles plus a...

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Introduction

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

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Introduction to the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury firm-level panel

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

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Total factor productivity in South African manufacturing firms

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

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Importing and firm export performance

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

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Understanding manufactured exporters at the firm-level

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

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Markups and concentration in South African manufacturing sectors

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

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Job flows, worker flows and churning in South Africa

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

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New data, new approaches and new evidence

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

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Regional Growth Opportunities

This issue contains seven articles addressing the major changes underway in the integration of economies in southern Africa. This special issue is based on the UNU-WIDER project 'Regional growth and development in Southern Africa'. This project aims...

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Introduction to special issue on regional growth opportunities

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