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Immigration and employment : substitute versus complementary labor in selected African countries

Viseth, Arina - 2020

This paper uses census and household survey data on Cameroon, Ghana, and South Africa to examine immigration's impact … in the context of a segmented labor market in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that immigration affects (i) employment (ii …

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The Implications of South African Economic Growth for the Rest of Africa

Arora, Vivek B. - 2005

This paper measures the extent to which South African economic growth is an engine of growth in sub-Saharan Africa … substantial positive impact on growth in the rest of Africa, even after controlling for other growth determinants. The estimates …

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The state and your hard-earned money : a survey on moral perspectives in public finance

Mauro, Paolo - 2021

This note provides an overview of recent studies that have begun to investigate how differing moral perspectives shape attitudes toward tax and spending policies. Recent advances in evolutionary moral psychology and their application to survey-based economic analysis yield promising insights....

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Estimating the Implicit Inflation Target of the South African Reserve Bank

Klein, Nir - 2012

This paper applies a state-space approach to estimate the implicit inflation target of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) since the adoption of the Inflation Targeting (IT) framework. The paper's findings are two. First, although the official inflation target range is 3.6 percent, in...

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Output, Employment and Financial Sanctions in South Africa

Bayoumi, Tamim A. - 1990

The effects of the marked slowdown in the growth of the capital stock in South Africa since 1985, associated with …

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Disequilibrium in the Labor Market in South Africa

Chadha, Bankim - 1994

The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...

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Real Wage, Labor Productivity, and Employment Trends in South Africa : A Closer Look

Klein, Nir - 2012

The paper looks at the dynamics of employment in South Africa and examines the factors that contributed to the job … is also supported by a cross-country analysis, which shows that in South Africa the link between the real wage and labor …

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Apartheid, Growth and Income Distribution in South Africa : Past History and Future Prospects

Corker, Robert J. - 1991

small gap implies that medium-term prospects for the advancement of the disadvantaged groups in South Africa depend heavily …

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Performance of Fiscal Accounts in South Africa in a Cross-Country Setting

Aydin, Burcu - 2010

This paper analyzes the cyclical fluctuations in South Africa in a cross-country context, and studies the impact of the … Africa’s revenue performance was outstanding during the mid-2000s, and the recent decline in revenue was one of the least … among the emerging and advanced markets. Results on the elasticity of tax revenue show that South Africa’s elasticity is …

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Cyclicality of Revenue and Structural Balances in South Africa

Aydin, Burcu - 2010

Africa with an emphasis on the effect of commodity and asset prices, and credit cycle. Results show that the cyclicality of …

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