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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

Working Paper
Employer characteristics and youth employment outcomes in the formal sector in South Africa

Through the use of administrative tax data, this study attempts to identify the characteristics of firms that employ relatively large numbers of young people. The policy objective of this exercise is to use these insights to inform policy and...

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Learning by Exporting

Part of Journal Special Issue Learning to Compete

Working Paper
Labour demand and the distribution of wages in South African manufacturing exporters

This paper contributes to the understanding of the linkages between exporting, labour demand, and wages in South Africa. We disentangle labour market differences between exporters and non-exporters and find that exporters employ more people and pay...

Working Paper
Firm-level determinants of earnings in the formal sector of the South African labour market

Labour market analysis in the South African context provides a relatively robust understanding of the individual characteristics that influence wage differentials across workers (i.e. supply-side characteristics), but provides relatively little...

Project
Regional growth and development in Southern Africa

Theme: Transformation

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Regional Growth and Development in Southern Africa project - an interview with Channing Arndt

Channing Arndt , Senior Research Fellow of UNU-WIDER, outlines the main research areas for this project on economic growth in the Southern African region. The project has two main elements – one specifically on the South African economy; the second...

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Scoping workshop on Establishment of an Enterprise Monitoring Programme in South Africa

The purpose of the workshop is to engage with policymakers and academics with relevant experience, to draw on their knowledge to advise and assist in addressing the various challenges associated with firm level dynamics. This session will seek to...

9 December 2013
TIPS | Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies, 227 Lange St, Pretoria, South Africa
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