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Location and Education in South African Cities Under and After Apartheid
Selod, Harris; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
We model a South African city during Apartheid (in which both schooling and mobility are restricted on the basis of race) and after Apartheid (in which no restrictions are imposed). We first show that the inequality between blacks and whites decreases when Apartheid laws are removed. Indeed,...
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Some Issues in Modeling and Forecasting Inflation in South Africa
Aron, Janine; Muellbauer, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Inflation targeting central banks will be hampered without good models to assist them to be forward-looking. Many … current inflation models fail to forecast turning points adequately, because they miss key underlying long-run influences. The … world is on the cusp of a dramatic turning point in inflation. If inflation falls rapidly, such models can underestimate the …
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Understanding South Africa's Economic Puzzles
Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
South Africa has undergone a remarkable transformation since its democratic transition in 1994, but economic growth and employment generation have been disappointing. Most worryingly, unemployment is currently among the highest in the world. While the proximate cause of high unemployment is that...
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Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa, 1903-2007
Alvaredo, Facundo; Atkinson, Anthony B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
There have been important studies of overall income inequality and of poverty in South Africa. In this paper, we approach the subject from a different direction: the extent and evolution of top incomes. We present estimates of the shares in total income of groups such as the top 1 per cent and...
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Exchange Rate Pass-through and Monetary Policy in South Africa
Aron, Janine; Farrell, Greg; Muellbauer, John; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Understanding how import prices adjust to exchange rates helps anticipate inflation effects and monetary policy … inflation targeting when account is taken of temporary shifts to foreign currency invoicing or increased hedging after large …
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South-South migration and the labor market: Evidence from South Africa
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Mendola, Mariapia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. The paper contributes to a small but growing literature on the impact of South-South migration by looking at one of the most attractive destinations for migrant workers in Sub--Saharan...
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Migration, Congestion Externalities, and the Evaluation of Spatial Investments
Dinkelman, Taryn; Schulhofer-Wohl, Sam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Evaluations of new infrastructure in developing countries typically focus on direct effects, such as the impact of an electrifification program on household energy use. But if new infrastructure induces people to move into an area, other local publicly provided goods may become congested,...
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Mitigating long-run health effects of drought: Evidence from South Africa
Dinkelman, Taryn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Drought is Africa’s primary natural disaster and a pervasive source of income risk for poor households. This paper documents the long-run health effects of early life exposure to drought and investigates an important source of heterogeneity in these effects. Combining birth cohort variation in...
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Review of Monetary Policy in South Africa: 1994-2004
Aron, Janine; Muellbauer, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
expectations data and forward interest rate data used to assess the credibility and predictability of policy under inflation …
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Unemployment and Inflation in Ireland: 1926-2012
Gerlach, Stefan; Lydon, Reamonn; Stuart, Rebecca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We study the determination of Irish inflation between 1926 and 2012. The difference between unemployment and the NAIRU … is a significant determinant of inflation in a simple backward-looking Phillips Curve that incorporates import prices …
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