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Working Papers

2023

1. Africa's Industrialization Prospects: A Fresh Look
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2021

2. Dynamic Technical and Environmental Efficiency Performance of Large Gold Mines in Developing Countries
   EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
3. Environmental and Technical Efficiency in Large Gold Mines in Developing Countries
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
4. Gold-Mining Pollution Exposure, Health Effects and Private Healthcare Expenditure in Tanzania
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2020

5. Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2020) View citations (6)
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town (2020) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2016

6. Determinants of remittances in South Africa
   SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town View citations (3)

2015

7. Deindustrialisation, structural change and sustainable economic growth
   MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) View citations (14)
8. Sectoral dimensions of employment targeting
   ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization View citations (2)

2011

9. Halving Poverty in South Africa: Growth and Distributional Aspects
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
10. Manufacturing Productivity, Deindustrialization, and Reindustrialization
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (44)
11. What are the distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa when growth alone is not enough?
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article What are the distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa when growth alone is not enough?, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) View citations (5) (2012)

2009

12. 'Services' in Marxian Economic Thought
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
13. An empirical investigation of the effects of concentration on profitability among US banks
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
14. Contracting Out of Service Activities and the Effects on Sectoral Employment Patterns in South Africa
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
15. Distributional Implications of Halving Poverty in South Africa
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge View citations (1)
16. Factor Decomposition of Sectoral Growth in South Africa, 1970-2007
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
17. The Relationship Between Unemployment and Earnings Inequality in South Africa
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge View citations (3)
18. The Specificity of Manufacturing in Marx’s Economic Thought
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
    See also Journal Article The specificity of manufacturing in Marx's economic thought, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2008

19. Sectoral Engines of Growth in South Africa: An Analysis of Services and Manufacturing
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2025

1. How Do Cognitive Proximity and Knowledge Space Position Affect Firms' Innovation? Evidence From Micro and Small Manufacturing Firms in South Africa
   Growth and Change, 2025, 56, (1)
2. Import Tariff Pass-Through Effect and the Spatial Distribution of Domestic Consumer Goods Prices: Zimbabwe (2009 to 2019)
   The International Trade Journal, 2025, 39, (1), 78-91
3. ‘Learning to Export’ and ‘Learning By Exporting’: Revisiting the Relationship Between Innovation and Exports in African Firms
   African Development Review, 2025, 37, (1)

2024

4. Complementarity between product and process innovation in small and micro-enterprises in Johannesburg, South Africa
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2024, 33, (6), 792-818

2023

5. Firm Innovation and Employment in South Africa: Examining the Role of Export Participation and Innovation Novelty
   Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2023, 59, (2), 589-604 View citations (2)

2022

6. Firm innovation in Africa and Latin America: Heterogeneity and country context
   (Technological and non-technological innovation and productivity in services vis a vis manufacturing in Uruguay)
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2022, 31, (2), 338-357 View citations (6)
7. Greening manufacturing: Technology intensity and carbon dioxide emissions in developing countries
   Applied Energy, 2022, 324, (C) View citations (16)
8. Input-output linkages and interdependence between countries in Southern Africa
   Development Southern Africa, 2022, 39, (6), 1021-1035

2021

9. Do Productive Capabilities Affect Export Performance? Evidence from African Firms
   The European Journal of Development Research, 2021, 33, (2), 304-329
10. How effectively do households insure food consumption and assets against funeral expenses? The case of urban Zimbabwe
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19, (4), 987-1021

2020

11. Correction to: Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?
    Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2020, 41, (4), 762-762 View citations (5)
12. Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?
    Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2020, 41, (1), 37-51 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (6) (2020)
13. Escaping the middle-income technology trap: A comparative analysis of industrial policies in China, Brazil and South Africa
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2020, 54, (C), 324-340 View citations (29)
14. Quality of life: Validation of an instrument and analysis of relationships between domains
    Development Southern Africa, 2020, 37, (1), 19-39 View citations (2)
15. Spatially varying relationships between municipal operating expenditure and its determinants: The case of South Africa
    Journal of Regional Science, 2020, 60, (2), 396-420 View citations (1)

2019

16. Trade liberalization and local labor market adjustment in South Africa
    Journal of International Economics, 2019, 118, (C), 448-467 View citations (44)

2018

17. Sectoral Structure and Change: Insights from Marx
    Review of Political Economy, 2018, 30, (3), 443-460 View citations (1)

2017

18. Construction and Analysis of a Composite Quality of Life Index for a Region of South Africa
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, 131, (3), 887-930 View citations (22)

2014

19. A new theoretical analysis of deindustrialisation
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, 38, (6), 1373-1390 View citations (8)

2013

20. The specificity of manufacturing in Marx's economic thought
    The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2013, 20, (4), 603-624 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper The Specificity of Manufacturing in Marx’s Economic Thought, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics (2009) (2009)

2012

21. Inequality in South Africa: The distribution of income, expenditure and earnings
    Development Southern Africa, 2012, 29, (1), 35-61 View citations (14)
22. Sources of Subsectoral Growth in South Africa
    Oxford Development Studies, 2012, 40, (2), 162-189 View citations (5)
23. What are the distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa when growth alone is not enough?
    Applied Economics, 2012, 44, (20), 2577-2596 View citations (5)
    Also in Applied Economics, 2012, 44, (20), 2577-2596 (2012) View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper What are the distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa when growth alone is not enough?, Post-Print (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2011

24. Earnings inequality and unemployment in South Africa
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2011, 25, (5), 585-598 View citations (7)
25. What Does the ‘Services Sector’ Mean in Marxian Terms?
    Review of Political Economy, 2011, 23, (2), 281-298

2010

26. How significant is intersectoral outsourcing of employment in South Africa?
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2010, 19, (5), 1427-1457 View citations (9)

2009

27. Characterising deindustrialisation: An analysis of changes in manufacturing employment and output internationally
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2009, 33, (3), 433-466 View citations (72)
28. The fat years: the structure and profitability of the US banking sector in the pre-crisis period
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2009, 33, (4), 609-632 View citations (48)

2008

29. QUANTIFYING THE OUTSOURCING OF JOBS FROM MANUFACTURING TO SERVICES
    South African Journal of Economics, 2008, 76, (s2), S222-S238 View citations (1)
30. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANUFACTURING AND SERVICES TO EMPLOYMENT CREATION AND GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA
    South African Journal of Economics, 2008, 76, (s2), S175-S204 View citations (19)

Chapters

2016

1. Deindustrialization and premature deindustrialization
   Chapter 38 in Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development, 2016, pp 710-728 View citations (13)