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murder cases in KwaZulu-Natal; a province in South Africa facing high levels of both and the contribution is methodological … idiosyncratic endogeneity within a count data framework in a bid to isolate the exogenous effect of youth unemployment on murder … sizeable effect of youth unemployment on murder offences. A percentage point increase in youth unemployment increases the odds …
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Achieving clean audit reports has remained a difficult task for most local municipalities in South Africa due to financial misappropriation, mismanagement, and the inability to apply legal actions against the defaulters who misuse municipal financial resources. This study explored the meaning of...
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This study simulates the macro-micro economic impacts of the employment policy, focusing on hysteresis in youth unemployment in South Africa. Specifically, we apply a dynamic computable general equilibrium model to calibrate the 2015 South African Social Accounting Matrix to estimate, compare,...
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As an alternative to traditional academic schooling, vocational schooling in South Africa may serve as a safety valve for students encountering difficulty in the transition from school to work. Yet if ineffective, vocational schooling could also be a sinkhole, offering little chance for success...
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This dissertation consists of three essays in labor and development economics. The first essay, “Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa,” quantifies the importance of the option to re-enroll in the school to work transition of South African youth. I estimate a structural...
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This study simulates the macro-micro economic impacts of the employment policy, focusing on hysteresis in youth unemployment in South Africa. Specifically, we apply a dynamic computable general equilibrium model to calibrate the 2015 South African Social Accounting Matrix to estimate, compare,...
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