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Using household surveys for deriving labour market, poverty and inequality trends in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In order to evaluate the extent to which South Africa achieve the objectives of poverty and
inequality reduction as well as job creation, up-to-date and reliable data are required. Since
the transition, ...
Modelling the ecological-economic impacts of restoring natural capital, with a special focus on water and agriculture, at eight sites in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The restoration of natural capital has ecological, hydrological and economic benefits. Are these benefits greater than the costs of restoration when compared across a range of dissimilar sites? This study ...
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 ...
Understanding poverty and inequality in Mozambique : the role of education and labour market status
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis deals with poverty and inequality in Mozambique and with the link of education to wellbeing
through the labour market. Earlier studies that analysed well-being in Mozambique drew
counter-intuitive ...
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 ...
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.