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Bamboo shoots : Asian migration, trade and business networks in South Africa
(Bureau for Economic Research, 2018)Interconnected business and trade routes, or “bamboo networks” have long been recognised as engines of growth in Asia. However, as Asian migration expands to Africa, what are their impact? This paper examines the links ... -
Black living standards in South Africa before democracy : new evidence from height
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2018)Very little income or wage data were systematically recorded about the living standards of South Africa’s black majority during much of the 20th century. We used four data sets to provide an alternative measure of living ... -
Black – and not offended
(ASSAf, 2020-07-10)This Commentary is a response to a Commentary published in the May/June 2020 issue: Nattrass N. Why are black South African students less likely to consider studying biological sciences? S Afr J Sci. 2020;116(5/6), Art. ... -
Cliometrics in South Africa
(Bureau for Economic Research, 2018)Arican economic history is experiencing a renaissance, and South African economic history likewise. Combining newly transcribed large historical datasets with econometric techniques now standard in the economics literature, ... -
Continuous assessment and matriculation examination marks – an empirical examination
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)This study analyses information and feedback from matriculation level continuous assessment in the South African education system. Continuous assessment (CASS) at the time carried a 25% weight in the final matriculation ... -
Contribution of worker participation to increase efficiency of firms
(AOSIS, 2004)There are many factors that may lead to inefficiencies in a firm. One reason is the existence of a principal-agent problem. Linked with this problem is asymmetric information, unaligned motives of principals and agents, ... -
Corporate governance and performance in publicly listed, family-controlled firms : evidence from Taiwan
(Springer Verlag, 2005-09)Using a multi-industry dataset of 228 firms listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) this paper analyses the effects of ownership structure and board characteristics on performance in large, publicly traded firms that are ... -
Counting the cost : COVID-19 school closures in South Africa and its impact on children
(AOSIS, 2020-12-07)Background: When the new coronavirus rapidly spread across the globe, the impact of the virus on children was still unclear, and closing schools seemed the responsible thing to do. But much has been learnt since about ... -
Dataset on retail outlet product prices for Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa
(Elsevier, 2018-08)The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “Closer monetary union and product market integration in emerging economies: Evidence from the Common Monetary Area in Southern Africa” (M. ... -
Date-stamping US housing market explosivity
(Leibniz Association, 2018)In this paper, the authors set out to date-stamp periods of US housing price explosivity for the period 1830–2013. They make use of several robust techniques that allow them to identify such periods by determining when ... -
Debates on industrialisation and economic growth in the Netherlands
(International Institute of Social History, 2014-06-15)With the renewed interest in macro-economic quantifi cation since the 1950s the study of long-term economic growth and development became also an important theme within the discipline of economic history. It developed ... -
Differences in health-related quality of life between HIV-positive and HIV-negative people in Zambia and South Africa : a cross-sectional baseline survey of the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial
(Elsevier, 2017)Background: The life expectancy of HIV-positive individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) is approaching that of HIV-negative people. However, little is known about how these populations compare in terms of ... -
"'n Droewige laslap op die voos kombers van onreg" : 'n statistiese analise van konsentrasie-kampbewoners
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Die konsentrasiekampe van die Anglo-Boereoorlog (1899-1902) wek steeds intense emosies op. Om dié rede is dit ook verstaanbaar dat 'n breë literatuur verskeie aspekte van die konsentrasiekampe en die ... -
Early roots of "coloured" poverty : how much can 19th century censuses assist to explain the current situation?
(North-West University, 2013-12)The coloured population comprises almost 10 per cent of the South African population, earning only a slightly smaller proportion of national income. The average income of this group hides, however, startlingly large ... -
Economic history in the Netherlands between 1914 and 2014
(International Institute of Social History, 2014-06-15)A brief overview of the history of the Netherlands Economic History Archives (Nederlandsch EconomiscHistorisch Archief, or NEHA). -
Educational outcomes : pathways and performance in South African high schools
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2012-03-14)We analysed the pathways and performances in mathematics of high (secondary) school students in South Africa using a panel-like data set of Grade 8 students who participated in the 2002 Trends in International Mathematics ... -
Effects and determinants of tuberculosis drug stockouts in South Africa
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019)Background: The frequent occurrence of medicine stockouts represents a significant obstacle to tuberculosis control in South Africa. Stockouts can lead to treatment alterations or interruptions, which can impact ... -
Enhancing the accuracy of fiscal projections in South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)The accuracy of the National Treasury's projections of GDP and key fiscal aggregates is comparable to that of the projections of private sector economists, other reputable organisations and the fiscal authorities of other ... -
Examining the impact of WHO’s Focused Antenatal Care policy on early access, underutilisation and quality of antenatal care services in Malawi : a retrospective study
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-05-08)Background: A variety of antenatal care models have been implemented in low and middle-income countries over the past decades, as proposed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). One such model is the 2001 Focused Antenatal ... -
Fiscal centralisation in a federal state : the South African case
(College of Economic and Management Sciences of the University of South Africa, 2013)The paper seeks to determine whether the observation from a constitutional law and public administration perspective, namely that a distinct centralist tendency has become evident in South Africa in recent years, in ...
