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Social mobility and cohesion in post-apartheid South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Twenty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in
the world. Socio-economic polarisation is entrenched by the lack of social capital and interactions
across ...
Education and country growth models
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The over-arching concern of the three parts of the dissertation is how economics can
and should influence education policymaking, the emphasis on the economics side
being models of country development ...
Die ontwikkeling van die Suid-Afrikaanse nywerheidsektor en 'n kritiese evaluering van die huidige beleid
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1999-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT : According to endogenous growth theory, a country's economic growth rate is influenced by government policy. Industrial policy is important for influencing the sources of growth, because it influences the ...
Essays on dynamic macroeconomics
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the first essay of this thesis, a medium scale DSGE model is developed and
estimated for the South African economy. When used for forecasting, the model is
found to outperform private sector economists ...
The reconstruction of regional systems of innovation to allow the evolution of the biotechnology industry in non-high technology regions : the case of the Western Cape region in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the efforts of stakeholders in a regional innovation system (RIS) to reconstruct the system to enable the development of the nascent biotechnology industry in the Western Cape ...
The assessment and improvement of the health status of vulnerable and low income individuals in South Africa: an analysis using quantitative and experimental methods
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : More than two decades after the end of apartheid, inequalities in health across socioeconomic subgroups are still a pervasive and persistent trend. South Africa also faces a high burden of disease which ...
Firm productivity, international trade and competition: using micro data to examine the dynamics of South African firms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Exports matter for economic growth. Exporting is associated with higher levels of employment, innovation, and investment. The South African government recognises the role of exports in stimulating the ...
The open door of learning – access restricted: school effectiveness and efficiency across the South African education system
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
No abstract available.
An institutional assessment of the role of sovereign wealth funds in managing resource revenues
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : This dissertation studies the contribution of sovereign wealth funds to the management of fiscal revenues derived from the extraction of natural resources. The literature on the “resource curse” has ...
Measuring social and economic mobility in South Africa: new approaches to well-known survey data concerns
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : The aim of this dissertation is measuring economic and social mobility in South Africa. The work from this thesis shows that various problems with survey responses can produce misleading impressions of ...