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Verschiebung der globalen Machtverhältnisse durch den Aufstieg von Regionalen Führungsmächten: China, Indien, Brasilien und Südafrika
Kappel, Robert - 2010
Eine Reihe von Ländern in Asien, Afrika und Lateinamerika steigen zu wichtigen Akteuren auf und verschieben die Koordinaten in der Weltpolitik und -wirtschaft. Die politischen und wirtschaftlichen Verschiebungen zugunsten dieser Regionalen Führungsmächte gehen mit einem relativen...
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Effect of perceptions and behaviour on access to and use of financial service: Evidence from South Africa
Annim, Samuel Kobina; Arun, Thankom; Kostov, Philip - 2012
) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered … behaviour is greater than financial perception when making decisions on the take-up and use of investment financial services. It …
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Inequality across the Generations in North America and Europe
Corak, Miles - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 4, pp. 34-39
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What Do Unions Do for Economic Performance?
Hirsch, Barry T. - 2003
in the U.S. private sector affect economic performance - productivity, profitability, investment, and growth. Freeman and … investment and, subsequently, lower employment and productivity growth. There is little evidence that unionization leads to …
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Mobile wholesale and retail price interplay: The somewhat contrary case of South Africa in Africa
Stork, Christoph; Gillwald, Alison - 2012
of South Africa, Namibia and Kenya where regulators have reduced termination rates towards the cost of an efficient … operator. To varying degrees these have all led to lower retail prices and a significant market expansion. While both Namibia …-to-face interviews on termination rate regulations were also held with regulators in Kenya, Namibia and South Africa. The analysis is …
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Principles of Minimum Wage Policy - Economics, Institutions and Recommendations
Herr, Hansjörg; Kazandziska, Milka - 2011
Minimum wage policy supported by a strong social policy is an efficient mechanism against poverty and income erosion of the poorest households. Minimum wage is one of the instruments which can control wage dispersion and in this way reduce income inequality. It can also help to prevent a general...
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Südafrika, Namibia, Simbabwe 2001/02: Stabilität und Chaos liegen dicht beieinander
Halbach, Axel J. - In: ifo Schnelldienst 55 (2002) 14, pp. 17-26
Mitteln und einer vernünftigen Wirtschaftspolitik anzugehen. Auch Namibia vermittelt - trotz aller Probleme - ein positives …
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Teenage Motherhood and Long-run Outcomes in South Africa
Gustafsson, Siv; Worku, Seble - 2007
Teenage motherhood is very high in South Africa. In 2001, 55 per thousand African South African women and 82 per thousand Coloured South African women were teenage mothers as compared to 8 among Indian South Africans and 3 among White South African women. In this paper we use the South African...
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The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws on employment, wages, and hours of work in South Africa
Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-27
This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000-2007...
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Access to health infrastracture and child health development: Evidence from post-apartheid South Africa
Tanaka, Shinsuke - 2010
A growing body of literature shows that child health has substantial long-term economic impacts. This study examines whether, and to what extent, increased access to health infrastructure leads to better child health status as measured by weight-for-age z-scores. To assess the causal...
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