Econ3x3
How flexible is the South African labour market in the short and long run? 
By: Econ3x3 31st August 2015 The inflexibility of the labour market is commonly used as a scapegoat to explain high unemployment. Yet new evidence shows that only in specific... →
Informal settlements: poverty traps or ladders to work?
By: Econ3x3 12th August 2015 Informal urban settlements have a poor reputation as hotspots of social unrest, squalor and crime. Yet there is another side to them: as... →
How effective is VAT zero rating as a pro-poor policy?
By: Econ3x3 20th July 2015 In most countries with VAT, certain goods and services are zero rated to alleviate the tax burden on the poor. However, this may not be the most... →
A national minimum wage: moving the debate forward?
By: Econ3x3 29th June 2015 The debate on a national minimum wage appears to occur in different universes. The main institutional protagonists – organised labour and the... →
Domestic abuse of children severely reduces their educational achievement
By: Econ3x3 22nd April 2015 Many South African children are maltreated in the home in some way, but we know little about the long-term effects of abuse on child development.... →
The national minimum wage debate: looking beyond a narrow focus on labour markets
By: Econ3x3 17th March 2015 Most contributions to the debate on a national minimum wage adopt a narrow view of labour markets and accept that the structure of the economy will... →
The layout of the township economy: the surprising spatial distribution of informal township enterprises
By: Econ3x3 3rd March 2015 A small-area census of micro-enterprises in Cape Town townships reveals that informal enterprises are located throughout the township, including in... →
Technology, labour power and labour’s declining income share in post-apartheid South Africa
By: Econ3x3 17th February 2015 The share of labour in aggregate income in South Africa has declined significantly since 1993, while that of capital has increased. Concurrently,... →
Unpacking labour’s declining income share: manufacturing, mining and growing inequality
By: Econ3x3 4th February 2015 While the share of capital increased, labour’s share of total income earned in South Africa fell significantly during the first two decades after... →
What is at issue in the minimum wage debate?
By: Econ3x3 20th January 2015 The debate about implementing a national minimum wage obscures the key point, which is the level at which a national minimum wage should be set. A... →
