Econ3x3
Reducing inequality to promote growth: A proposed policy package
By: Econ3x3 1st February 2013 There is considerable theoretical and empirical evidence to support the assertion that inequality is bad for growth. In unequal societies it is... →
Minimum wages and compliance in South African agriculture
By: Econ3x3 23rd January 2013 Minimum wage policy in post-1994 South Africa has been pursued with the explicit aim of ensuring that workers in low-paid, vulnerable occupations... →
Is informality being disallowed by government? 
By: Econ3x3 22nd January 2013 South Africa’s economic policymakers have to confront the challenge of creating jobs to absorb the unemployed. The 2011 census reveals an... →
Jobs growth from informal producers that supply the formal sector? The case for intermediaries
By: Econ3x3 21st January 2013 Government’s vision for the development of informal businesses(1) is that, with the right supply-side inputs (such as micro-credit, business and... →
The Jobs Fund and a youth wage subsidy: Design and implementation issues
By: Econ3x3 18th January 2013 The official (narrow) unemployment rate in South Africa continues to float around the 25% mark, failing to respond to a handful of policy... →
How structural inequality limits employment and self-employment in poor areas
By: Econ3x3 17th January 2013 Because unemployment in South Africa is at levels considered unthinkable in other parts of the world, it has been seen as something of a conundrum... →
The National Development Plan and exports as a catalyst to generate employment growth: Can it work?
By: Econ3x3 16th January 2013 The National Development Plan (NDP) is an ambitious initiative to address a range of social and economic issues. Topping the list are high... →
Who creates jobs, who destroys jobs? Small firms, large firms and labour market rigidity
By: Econ3x3 15th January 2013 Firm-level data for the period 2005 to 2011 indicate that job creation and destruction rates in South Africa are only slightly lower than among... →
Industrial policy and unemployment: Can South Africa do better in labour-demanding manufacturing?
By: Econ3x3 6th December 2012 In spite of policy statements prioritising labour-absorbing growth, de facto support has favoured heavy industry and been damaging for employment.... →
The unemployment debate is too fragmented to address the problem (December 2012)
By: Econ3x3 6th December 2012 The debate on unemployment is fragmented into at least three sub-discourses, i.e. those of macroeconomists, labour economists and poverty analysts.... →
