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2024: From Coal to Chlorophyll. Identifying Green Job Opportunities for Youth during South Africa’s Just Transition

Robert Hill, Leigh Neethling and Morne Oosthuizen

2024: The Labour Market Effects of Cash Transfers to the Unemployed: Evidence from South Africa

Haroon Bhorat and Timothy Köhler

2024: Social Security Coverage among the Working-Age Population in South Africa

Timothy Köhler, Jabulile Monnakgotla and Haroon Bhorat

2024: Supply-Side Economics of a Good Type: Supporting and Expanding South Africa’s Informal Economy

Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Alexia Lochmann, Alexia Lochmann and Kishan Shah

2024: Watts Happening to Work? The Labour Market Effects of South Africa’s Electricity Crisis

Haroon Bhorat and Timothy Köhler

2024: Just Transition and the Labour Market in South Africa: Measuring Individual and Household Coal Economy Dependence

Haroon Bhorat, Tsungai Kupeta, Lisa Martin and Francois Steenkamp

2023: Wages and Wage Inequality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Timothy Köhler and Haroon Bhorat

2023: Co-ordination to support inclusive growth in developing countries in the context of globalization: The case of the business process outsourcing sector in South Africa

Caitlin Allen Whitehead, Zaakhir Asmal and Haroon Bhorat

2023: Technological Change in the Insurance Sector in South Africa: Disruption with the Potential for Social Good in a Developing Country Context?

Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Lisa-Cheree Martin and Chris Rooney

2023: Skilled Immigration in South Africa: An input into the Operation Vulindlela review of Critical Skills and General Work visas

Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, David de Villiers and Lisa Martin

2023: Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Deindustrialisation or a Renaissance?

Francois Steenkamp, Haroon Bhorat, Zaakhir Asmal and Christopher Rooney

2023: Wage Subsidies and Job Retention in a Developing Country: Evidence from South Africa

Timothy Köhler, Haroon Bhorat and Robert Hill

2023: Can Cash Transfers to the Unemployed Support Economic Activity? Evidence from South Africa

Haroon Bhorat, Timothy Köhler and David de Villiers

2022: Expansion and Diversification in the MER Sector: Results from an Enterprise Survey

Caitlin Allen Whitehead, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Timothy Köhler and Francois Steenkamp

2022: Testing Positive for Automation: Labour-replacing Technology and Job Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Angela Euston-Brown

2021: Wage subsidies and COVID-19: The distribution and dynamics of South Africa's TERS policy

Timothy Köhler and Robert Hill

2021: Can cash transfers aid labour market recovery? Evidence from South Africa’s special COVID-19 grant

Timothy Köhler and Haroon Bhorat

2021: COVID-19 and the labour market: Estimating the employment effects of South Africa’s national lockdown

Timothy Köhler, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill and Benjamin Stanwix

2021: The Potential Employment Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies: The Case of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector

Caitlin Allen Whitehead, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Timothy Köhler and Francois Steenkamp

2021: Understanding Economic Complexity: An Application to the MER Sector

Caitlin Allen Whitehead and Haroon Bhorat

2021: The Impact of the National Minimum Wage in South Africa: Early Quantitative Evidence

Haroon Bhorat, Adaiah Lilenstein and Benjamin Stanwix

2021: Job Quality in South Africa: A Proposed Index for Ongoing Monitoring of Job Quality

Jabulile Monnakgotla and Morne Oosthuizen

2021: Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A South African case study

Caitlin Allen, Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Jabulile Monnakgotla, Morne Oosthuizen and Chris Rooney

2021: Mind the gap: The distributional effects of South Africa’s national lockdown on gender wage inequality

Robert Hill and Timothy Köhler

2020: Social assistance during South Africa’s national lockdown: Examining the COVID-19 grant, changes to the Child Support Grant, and post-October policy options

Haroon Bhorat and Timothy Köhler

2020: COVID-19, social protection, and the labour market in South Africa: Are social grants being targeted at the most vulnerable?

Haroon Bhorat and Timothy Köhler

2020: The Employment Tax Incentive Scheme in South Africa: An Impact Assessment

Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Safia Khan, Kezia Lilenstein and Benjamin Stanwix

2020: Social Assistance Amidst the Covid-19 Epidemic in South Africa: An Impact Assessment

Haroon Bhorat, Morne Oosthuizen and Benjamin Stanwix

2020: Jobs, Economic Growth, and Capacity Development for Youth in Africa

Haroon Bhorat and Morne Oosthuizen

2020: The Economics of Covid-19 in South Africa: Early Impressions

Haroon Bhorat, Timothy Köhler, Morne Oosthuizen, Amy Thornton, Benjamin Stanwix and Francois Steenkamp

2020: Jobs and COVID-19: Measuring Work-Related Physical Interaction

Haroon Bhorat, Timothy Köhler, Amy Thornton and Morne Oosthuizen

2020: Measuring Multidimensional Labour Law Violation with an Application to South Africa

Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Benjamin Stanwix and Amy Thornton

2020: Crime and Inequality in South Africa: Non-Linear Outcomes under Extreme Inequality

Haroon Bhorat, Adaiah Lilenstein, Jabulile Monnakgotla, Amy Thornton and Kirsten van der Zee

2019: Building Economic Complexity in Africa

Haroon Bhorat, Christopher Rooney and Francois Steenkamp

2019: Economic Complexity and Employment Expansion: The Case of South Africa

Haroon Bhorat, Arabo Ewinyu, Kezia Lilenstein, Christopher Rooney, Francois Steenkamp and Amy Thornton

2019: Does IEB make the grade? Alternative testing methods and Educational outcomes: The case of the IEB in South Africa

Robert Hill

2019: “Labour Market Policy Responses amidst Globalisation: The Case of South Africa

Haroon Bhorat, Kezia Lilenstein and Francois Steenkamp

2019: Building Economic Complexity in the South African Fibrous Plant Economy

Haroon Bhorat, Francois Steenkamp, Caitlin Allen, Robert Hill and Christopher Rooney

2019: Identification and Review of Downstream Options for the Recovery of Value from Fibre Producing Plants: Hemp, Kenaf and Bamboo

Jennifer Broadhurst, Tapiwa Chimbganda and Gregory Hangone

2019: Towards Resilient Futures: Can fibre-rich plants serve the joint role of remediation of degraded mine land and fuelling of a multi-product value chain?

Susan Harrison, Shilpa Rumjeet, Xihluke Mabasa and Bernelle Verster

2019: From Tailings to Tillings: Designing the Legal Framework for Mine Wasteland Rehabilitation Through Bioremediation

Hanri Mostert, Alexander Paterson and Louie van Schalkwyk

2019: An Initial Assessment of Biodiversity-Related Employment in South Africa

Amanda Driver, Fulufhelo Mukhadi and Emily Botts

2019: An Export-led Growth for Kenya: Where is the niche?

Manaseh Oiro, Bernadette Wanjala, Rose Ngugi and Diana Naudé

2019: Building Economic Complexity in Africa

Haroon Bhorat, Chris Rooney and Francois Steenkamp

2019: Economic Complexity and Employment Expansion: The Case of South Africa

Haroon Bhorat, Haroon Bhorat, Arabo Ewinyu, Kezia Lilenstein, Chris Rooney, Francois Steenkamp and Amy Thornton

2019: The Services Industry and its Potential for Youth and Women Employment in an African Context: A review of the literature

Franque Grimard

2019: Senegal’s International Competitiveness and Employment Creation for Women and Youth. The Product Space Analysis and Fieldwork Findings

Ahmadou Mbaye, Stephen Golub and Anastasia Vasilyeva

2019: Economic Complexity and Employment for Women and Youth: The Case of Ghana

William Baah-Boateng and Eric Twum

2019: New Technology, Entrepreneurship and the Revival of Manufacturing in Africa: Opportunities for Youth and Women?

Wim Naudé

2019: Minimum Wages and Labor Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius

Haroon Bhorat, Zaakhir Asmal, Ravi Kanbur, Marco Ranzani and Pierella Paci