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Wealth mobility, familial ties and migration : evidence from the Cape of Good Hope panel
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Mobility estimation is a means of quantifying how likely an individual is to improve their socio-economic status. Research concerning mobility has recently seen an upswing, mainly as a result of the rise ... -
Migration and urbanisation in South Africa and Namibia : an investigation of the intersection between location, deprivation and opportunity in a developing country context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa and Namibia are two of the most unequal countries in the world. These inequalities have very strong and persistent racial and geographic dimensions due to the legacy of colonial and apartheid ... -
A microeconomic model of banking with a strategically determined interbank market
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This dissertation generalizes the seminal model of financial contagion by Allen and Gale (2000) to allow an aggregate liquidity demand shock to occur with positive probability. A shock with positive ... -
Making under-resourced health systems work for vulnerable women and children : antenatal care in Malawi
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This thesis investigates the implementation barriers and adoption of maternal health care interventions in Malawi, a sub-Saharan African country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates and most ... -
Land rights in sub-Saharan Africa : measuring impact with satellite images, machine learning and citizen science
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The thesis employs satellite imagery to measure the impacts of land rights- in data-scarce sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SSA governments are politically and financially constrained to provide objective and ... -
Foreign and domestic private investments in developing economies : cases in sub-Saharan Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The role of foreign-owned investments in the economic transformation of host economies cannot be overstated. Foreign-owned investments are associated with higher levels of employment; higher mean wages; ... -
Essays on macroprudential policy and financial stability : the case of South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This thesis contributes to the literature on macroprudential policies for the South African economy. The main goal of the thesis is to enhance our understanding on how macroprudential policies work, ... -
Essays on fiscal policy in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universit, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study is primarily motivated by the renewed interest in the effects of fiscal policy on general macroeconomic outcomes and macroeconomic stability since the 2008/09 Global Financial Crisis. In the ... -
Employment policy effects on firm dynamics : evidence from the South African labour market
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As South African policymakers strive to tackle low economic growth, poverty, unemployment, and inequality, the ability to unpack the effects of policy at a firm-level is key to the reformulation of more ... -
Effects of behavioural and psychological attributes on labour market outcomes in an uncertain economic environment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The power of human capital variables in predicting an individual’s economic success is well documented theoretically and empirically. However, recently, economists have acknowledged that even with a rich ... -
Choosing investment solutions for South African long-term investors with prospect theory-type risk preferences
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This thesis investigates the optimal choice of investment style for a representative long term South African investor assuming a Prospect Theory-type utility functions. The relative performance of ...
