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Wage dynamics, trade-related wage premia and productivity spillovers : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa continues to grapple with low economic growth, unemployment and inequality, making it crucial to gain further insights into wage inequality which is the largest component of income inequality. ... -
Simulated horizontal mergers in vertically related markets
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: A global trend of increasing retail concentration and a heightened concern about buyer power demand more sophisticated and flexible merger screening tools. Parametrisable merger simulation models that ... -
A model to promote the effective use of evaluations in the South African agricultural sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The study that is the focus of this dissertation assessed the applicability of Patton’s utilisation-focused evaluation (UFE) approach to the South African agricultural sector in order to develop a model ... -
The law and economics of potential competition in digital markets
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: This research aims to explore how authorities in different jurisdictions respond to potential competition in the online automotive classifieds platform markets. This is done by means of a review of cases ... -
Is the law irrelevant...? : an institutional analysis of road safety outcomes
(2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: This thesis aims to investigate the interaction between formal and informal institutions, and the enforcement thereof with the aim of developing an understanding of how to design holistic policy interventions ... -
The impact of farm input subsidies on women and children : evidence from Malawi
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Women and children remain the most vulnerable demographic groups in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, Farm Input Subsidy Programs (FISP) that have been shown to improve household welfare in SSA, could be ... -
Fiscal instruments and the elderly population in South Africa : a distributional analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Saving an adequate amount of money to finance retirement spending is a growing issue that affects the elderly. In response to the incomplete retirement savings markets that the elderly face, national ... -
Examining child health and nutrition inequalities in Tanzania
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: More than one-third of stunted children under the age of five reside in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to the multifaceted underlying causes of malnutrition, this has become a challenging situation to address. ... -
Bargaining competition and vertical mergers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Vertically related markets and vertical mergers are complex systems that comprise a number of distinct features. The modelling of such complex systems involves several modelling choices that affect the ... -
An assessment of malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment services in Uganda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Government, donor partners, and the private sector invest large amounts of financial resources annually in malaria prevention and care. Despite substantial spending on malaria prevention programmes by ...
