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Amina Ebrahim
Research Associate
Amina Ebrahim is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER. She is pursuing her PhD in Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She works on the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme with a particular focus on the use of tax administrative data for research.
Her recent research has focused on the evaluation of the South Africa’s youth wage subsidy policy. Her research interests include development economics, labour economics and taxation.
Before joining UNU-WIDER, she spent six years teaching at Georgetown University in Qatar.
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Industry classification in the South African tax microdataThis paper documents the industry classification variables in the anonymized tax microdata available for research at the National Treasury Secure Data Facility in Pretoria...
Administrative data industry classification ISIC 4
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COVID-19 and socioeconomic impact in Africa: The case of South AfricaWhat has the government of South Africa done with respect to COVID-19 measures of mitigation and suppression? The first COVID-19 positive case was confirmed on 5 March 2020...
COVID-19 South Africa government actionBlog
Meet the women behind the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development programme
Globally, women are under-represented in the field of economics. Only a third of all academic research staff in the field of economics in Europe are women. In the US the share is even lower ...
Gender women empowerment women's workNews
Women and Girls in Science 2020 campaignVideo of Women in Science - With Simone Schotte On 11 February the world celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science . UNU-WIDER, along with other institutes across United Nations University, are taking this day of celebration a...
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How a data revolution in South Africa can help address gender inequalityIn 2016, we joined a project in South Africa working to make tax data available for research purposes...
Administrative data Employment GenderSeminar
Amina Ebrahim on can a wage subsidy system help reduce 50 per cent youth unemployment? Evidence from South Africa
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Gender and the South African labour market: Policy relevant research possibilities using South African tax dataThis paper has three primary objectives...
Administrative data Employment GenderPresentation
UNU-WIDER shares latest research at CSAE conference in OxfordThe Centre for the Study of African Economies 2019 conference on Economic Development took place 17-19 March in Oxford, UK. The conference showcased the latest research and featured panel discussions on current topics affecting economic development...
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Can a wage subsidy system help reduce 50 per cent youth unemployment?: Evidence from South AfricaThe paper examines the incidence and employment impacts of the Employment Tax Incentive, a South African wage subsidy system that is targeted at the employers of low-wage youth...
Employment youth unemployment TaxationWorking Paper
The creation of an individual panel using administrative tax microdata in South AfricaThe availability of anonymized individual tax return data can contribute to a deeper understanding of the drivers behind the high levels of inequality and unemployment in South Africa...
Tax data Administrative dataWorking Paper
Tax research in South AfricaThis framing paper has two main purposes. We first provide a brief survey of the economic literature on taxation in South Africa...
Taxation Tax administration data Tax incidenceWorking Paper
The effects of the Employment Tax Incentive on South African employmentSouth Africa’s Employment Tax Incentive, launched in 2014, aimed to address low youth employment by reducing the cost of hiring young workers...
wage subsidy South Africa youth unemployment