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Turnin’ it up a notch: How spillovers from foreign direct investment boost the complexity of South Africa’s exportsCountries’ economic complexity, and the associated diversification and sophistication of their exports, is a key determinant of economic growth...
economic complexity Foreign Direct Investment FDIWorking Paper
Exchange rates and firm export performance in South AfricaThis paper uses detailed firm transaction data on manufactured exports to analyse the dilution of the real exchange rate-export relationship in South Africa over the period 2010 to 2014...
Exchange rate pass-through ExportsWorking Paper
Structural poverty dynamics in urban South Africa: A mixed-methods investigationThis paper examines the extent and determinants of structural poverty dynamics in South Africa, focusing on the socio-economically disadvantaged urban African population...
Poverty Social mobility Livelihood assetsWorking Paper
Agglomeration and productivity in South Africa: Evidence from firm-level dataUsing comprehensive, anonymized tax administrative data for the 2008–14 period, we examine firm-level productivity in South Africa...
Agglomeration Firm productivity South AfricaIn the media
An energy expert from SA-TIED appears on SABC's The Bottom Line
South Africa Energy Climate change In the media
Inequality expert for SA-TIED hosted on South African national news channel eNCA
Poverty Class Inequality In the media
SA-TIED working paper featured in the Financial MailA recent working paper from the SA-TIED programme ’s body of new research has been featured in the largest business weekly in South Africa. The Financial Mail’s feature is headlined: “ Reserve Bank vindicated — the critics...
Inflation (Finance) Monetary policy South AfricaJournal Article
Occupational segregation by race in South Africa after ApartheidThis paper investigates progress in reducing the high level of racial stratification of occupations after apartheid in South Africa...
Occupational segregation Stratification Low-payingIn the media
SA-TIED research on South Africa's energy future in the news
Climate change climate mitigation climate adaptation In the media
SA-TIED research on profit shifting gets national attention in South Africa
Profit shifting corporate income tax Multinational firms In the media
SA-TIED researcher interviewed on tax haven researchSA-TIED researcher, Ludvig Wier, has featured in multiple South African news outlets explaining new research findings from the programme. Wier was invited to speak to anchors from South Africa’s national news channels, SABC and eNCA . He was...
Profit shifting Multinational firms South AfricaBook Chapter
Understanding and characterizing the services sector in South Africa: an overviewFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Services Economic development South AfricaJournal Article
Introduction to special issue on regional growth opportunitiesPart of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities
South Africa Growth TransformationJournal Special Issue
Regional Growth OpportunitiesThis issue contains seven articles addressing the major changes underway in the integration of economies in southern Africa. This special issue is based on the UNU-WIDER project 'Regional growth and development in Southern Africa'...
Growth Industrialization Natural resourcesJournal Article
New data, new approaches and new evidence: A policy synthesisPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis South Africa dataJournal Article
Job flows, worker flows and churning in South AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data
Firm-level analysis data South Africa