In this study, we provide a comprehensive estimation of the contemporary Phillips curve relationship in the South …/tightness and inflation expectations, contributing to the debate on the relevance of the Phillips curve in South Africa, where … previous findings have been inconclusive. Our analysis reveals that long-run inflation expectations are the primary driver of …

This paper examines the connections of structural change and economic openness to labour productivity growth using a …-country productivity growth is estimated using the least squares with dummy variables approach. The results suggest that growth of labour … productivity is negatively related to initial levels of labour productivity. Labour productivity growth is also positively related …

-owned enterprises. The results are corroborated by propensity score matching estimates, implying that the estimated gender productivity … could partially close the gender productivity gap. …

between inequality and growth via growth and inequality shocks for two large economies, China and the USA, for the years 1979 …

the decline in manufacturing employment is associated mainly with rising labour productivity in manufacturing …

approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that … productivity enhancement. Labour reallocations have been mainly from agriculture and manufacturing towards the low productive …

Productivity and socio-economic progress are inter-connected. Economic growth funds policies that promote socio …

in setting interest rates using quarterly data, covering the period since inflation targeting was formally adopted in … 2000. The classic Taylor rule is modified to determine whether the South African Reserve Bank takes into account inflation … Reserve Bank's policy rate decisions respond to expected inflation (rather than current inflation), and its relationship to …