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Second-round effects on inflation, and underlying inflation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Supply shocks, especially food and energy price shocks, play a significant role in the evolution and dynamics of headline consumer price inflation in South Africa. Although headline inflation is 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. -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
An empirical analysis of poverty, inequality and the labour market in Malawi
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis is a consolidation of three related studies on Malawi. The first study contains spatial and temporal comparisons of poverty and inequality in Malawi using two non-monetary dimensions, namely ... -
Balance sheet policies and financial stability : central banking reimagined
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Balance sheet policies have become the primary policy lever of several central banks in the wake of the international financial crisis. However, with inflated central bank balance sheets, and global ... -
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 ...
