Working Paper
Effective corporate tax burden and firm size in South Africa
We investigate the relationship between the corporate income tax burden and firm size in South Africa using a panel dataset from companies’ tax returns. We find that medium-sized companies are experiencing the lowest effective tax rate, while the...
Working Paper
New data, new approaches and new evidence
The Republic of South Africa faces the imperative of escaping economic stagnation. This paper seeks to synthesize results from a series of research efforts, including but not limited to the work conducted under the UNU-WIDER project on ‘Regional...
Working Paper
Fragmenting the family?
The disruption of family life is one of the important legacies of South Africa’s colonial and apartheid history. Families were undermined by deliberate strategies implemented through the pass laws, forced removals, urban housing policy, and the...
Journal Special Issue
Firm level analysis using administrative record data
This special issue focuses on a collaborative effort between the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to employ administrative record data from SARS for economic policy analysis. It contains six research articles plus a...
Workshop
Scoping workshop on Establishment of an Enterprise Monitoring Programme in South Africa
The purpose of the workshop is to engage with policymakers and academics with relevant experience, to draw on their knowledge to advise and assist in addressing the various challenges associated with firm level dynamics. This session will seek to...
Mon, 9 December 2013
TIPS | Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies,
227 Lange St,
Pretoria,
South Africa
Past event
Video
Regional Growth and Development in Southern Africa project - an interview with Channing Arndt
Channing Arndt, Senior Research Fellow of UNU-WIDER, outlines the main research areas for this project on economic growth in the Southern African region. The project has two main elements – one specifically on the South African economy; the second on...
Seminar
Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa
Tue, 11 August 2015
Sheraton Hotel ,
643 Cnr Stanza Bopape/Wessels St Arcadia,
Pretoria,
South Africa
Past event