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necessary for tourism development, tourism growth has to be well planned and managed to be sustainable. Although the recent … good potential to support the South African economy and contribute to employment growth post-COVID-19. Tourism provides job … translate into inclusive growth, the tourism industry needs to be integrated into the local economy and the benefits of tourism …
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of growth. The present paper analyses the causes of US income inequality and relative poverty in an OECD context …Income inequality and relative poverty in the United States are among the highest in the OECD and have substantially … low intergenerational social mobility and weak real income growth for many households. A more inclusive pattern of growth …
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In this paper we assess the determinants of secondary school outcomes in South Africa. We use Bayesian Averaging Model techniques to account for uncertainty in the set of underlying factors that are chosen among a very large pool of explanatory variables in order to minimize the risk of omitted...
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South Africa has achieved remarkable progress in educational attainment relative to other emerging countries, but the quality of basic education for a large fraction of the Black African population is still very low. This study identifies several hurdles to the upgrading of basic education...
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In this paper we document the impact of education levels on labour market outcomes from 1994 to 2010 using national household survey data. We show that higher levels of education are strongly rewarded in the labour market in terms of earnings and that a tertiary qualification improves an...
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In this paper we include measures of school quality in regressions determining the labour market premiums to education level. We use the matric exemption score and the pupil/teacher ratio of the respondents’ closest school during childhood as proxies for education quality. We find that the...
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Theoretical and empirical studies on multi-product firms have shown that firms adjust their product mix in response to trade liberalisation. This paper uses the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and National Treasury (NT) firm-level panel to assess the response of South African firms to trade...
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to lift many children in the poorest families above the poverty line. …
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