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Toward closer cohesion of international tax statisticsThe Government Revenue Dataset (GRD) was launched in September 2014 and, in the few years since, has gone on to be recognized as the go-to source for researchers and policy makers seeking cross-country data on government revenues and taxes. However...
Blog
Tax, development and the SDGs: How we are supporting the data revolution
At the core of efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals lies a commitment to enhance domestic revenue mobilization. Strengthening capacity to...
Working Paper
Assessing the quality of the income data used in SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation modelIn this paper we explore the income data in two surveys that underpin a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model. The simulated taxes and benefits using each dataset are compared with each other and with administrative data for a common time...
Blog
Revenue data like you’ve never seen it before: Introducing the GRD Explorer
Let’s face it, data is important. It sits at the core of almost everything that we in the development economics research community do. However, the...
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Trade liberalization and South African manufacturingThis paper provides a retrospective assessment of the effects of trade policies on South African manufacturing since the transition to democracy, examining the differences and commonalities in the views of economists in favour of and against an...
Journal Special Issue
Firm level analysis using administrative record dataThis 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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IntroductionPart 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 panelPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
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Total factor productivity in South African manufacturing firmsPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
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Importing and firm export performancePart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
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Understanding manufactured exporters at the firm-levelPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
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Markups and concentration in South African manufacturing sectorsPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
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Job flows, worker flows and churning in South AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
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New data, new approaches and new evidencePart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Blog
Bootcamp for better tax policies in Africa
‘I intend to see a world in which tax policy research is based on evidence, and policy decisions are data-driven.’ This is an aspiration expressed by...