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Monetary policy and firm size in South AfricaMonetary policy affects the real economy through various channels, including the interest rate, exchange rate, credit, and asset price channels. The credit channel has recently received considerable attention...
credit channel Firm heterogeneity Financial constraintsNews
Data on firms in Mozambique’s manufacturing sector now available
Mozambique Database Economic surveys Database
Mozambican manufacturing firms databaseThe data of the Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms (Inquérito às Indústrias Manufactureiras de Moçambique) tracks the economic development of over 700 enterprises across seven provinces in Mozambique between 2012 and 2017.
Mozambique Manufacturing firms DatabaseProject
ETD – Economic Transformation Database
Theme: Transforming economies
Employment Productivity DatabaseBlog
In the Director's chair: Reflections on my first six months as Director
My first six months as Director of UNU-WIDER have been busy, enlightening, and rewarding...
SDGs SDG5 SDG8Blog
Data for development: Building an economy of inclusion in South Africa
As the largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa’s successes and failures spill over into the broader region...
Data revolution Database Inclusive growthLearning
UNU-WIDER Summer SchoolUNU-WIDER, in collaboration with the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) at University of Cape Town (UCT), is holding the 2-week intensive UNU-WIDER Summer School on applied labour economics in Cape Town 18-29 November 2019.
Database Labour market Quantitative researchWorking Paper
The size distribution of monetary policy effects among South African manufacturing firms: Firm-level evidence from administrative tax dataMonetary policy is believed to have a disproportionate effect on firms, depending on their size...
credit channel Firm heterogeneity Financial constraintsVideo
Progress in Data and MeasurementConference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 5.1
Database Inequality HealthVideo
Appraising World Income Inequality DatabasesConference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Journal of Economic Inequality panel
Database Inequality Income distributionProject
World inequalityTheme: Inclusion
The purpose of this project is to advance data collection, measurement, and research regarding the development of inequality in the world. A major focus in this research area is the maintenance, updating, and development of the World Income...
Global inequality Database Measurement