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The richer your neighbours, the more you borrow – the case of South AfricaResearch on how income inequality affects borrowing behaviour reignited after the 2008 global recession. One prevailing theory is that rising income...
Research on how income inequality affects borrowing behaviour reignited after the 2008 global recession. One prevailing theory is that rising income...
Agriculture and agro-processing value chains have been under pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been particularly marked where they...
In most countries, traditional gender roles within the household are still common due to the prevalence and persistence of patriarchal systems. These...
Tax benefits to boost contributions into pension funds or pension-related tax expenditures (PTEs) are used widely by governments worldwide to address...
The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a devastating economic shock to livelihoods across the world. In Cape Town, it has been toughest on those who had just...
Are there enough tax payers to generate the revenue needed by governments to reduce poverty? How adequate are the social security arrangements that...
Stunted growth in early life has serious implications for cognitive development and is a well-established constraint to individual productivity and...
South Africa has some of the highest rates of joblessness in the world and youth unemployment is particularly severe. Roughly two in five young South...
South Africa ranks as the world’s most unequal country by income. This is largely due to high wage inequality, given that wages are the main income...
About three years have passed since the South African government introduced the COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) in response...
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...