Econ3x3
Enabling growth: redistribution priorities for South Africa
By: Econ3x3 12th November 2014 If the National Development Plan is to be effectively implemented, we need clarity about the mechanisms through which growth and redistribution can... →
Redistribution is part of the toolkit to promote growth
By: Econ3x3 7th October 2014 A recent IMF study of several countries provides robust evidence that a high level of income inequality weakens the prospects of sustained economic... →
How inclusive is economic growth in South Africa?
By: Econ3x3 10th September 2014 While everybody seems to favour the pursuit of inclusive growth, this concept is rarely clearly defined in the policy debate. Inclusive growth is... →
How the old age pension is helping young people from rural areas find jobs
By: Econ3x3 31st July 2014 It is important to know whether a social grant such as the old age pension eases financial constraints in rural areas, thereby allowing young men... →
Do poor children really benefit from the child support grant?
By: Econ3x3 10th July 2014 The child support grant has been praised as one of the government’s most successful anti-poverty programmes. The rapid extension of the grant... →
More financial aid is not the best way to close the racial gap in tertiary education
By: Econ3x3 19th June 2014 South Africa’s large racial gap in enrolment in tertiary education can be attributed to the widely varying quality of primary and secondary... →
Poverty may have declined, but deprivation and poverty are still worst in the former homelands
By: Econ3x3 27th May 2014 Former homeland areas continue to have significantly higher levels of deprivation and poverty than the rest of South Africa. Of all the former... →
Poverty may have declined, but women and female-headed households still suffer most
By: Econ3x3 12th May 2014 Amidst a decline in general poverty rates since 2000, women and people living in female-headed households still are significantly worse off. Women... →
Enforcement and compliance: the case of minimum wages and mandatory contracts for domestic workers
By: Econ3x3 14th April 2014 Given South Africa’s small formal labour market and high unemployment, it is important to know whether the regulation of an informal employment... →
How suitable is a ‘developmental state’ to tackle unemployment, inequality and poverty in South Africa? 
By: Econ3x3 27th March 2014 The National Development Plan envisions the achievement of a ‘capable and developmental state’. Developmental states are usually associated with... →
