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  1. Renewable energy, the just transition and inequality
    insights from South Africa's renewables procurement
    Author: Cassim, Aalia; Taylor, Julia; Crompton, Roderick; Valodia, Imraan
    Published: May 2023
    Publisher:  WITS University, [Johannesburg]

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    Series: Climate Change and Inequality
    SCIS working paper ; number 47
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  2. Policy co-ordination and growth traps in a middle-income country setting
    the case of South Africa
    Author: Bhorat, Haroon; Cassim, Aalia; Hirsch, Alan
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  WIDER, Helsinki

    South Africa has exhibited tepid economic growth over the past twenty years as well as high levels of income inequality characteristic of a middle income country growth trap. This paper compares and contrasts South Africa's growth trap relative to... more

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    South Africa has exhibited tepid economic growth over the past twenty years as well as high levels of income inequality characteristic of a middle income country growth trap. This paper compares and contrasts South Africa's growth trap relative to middle-income peer economies. In addition, we study the policies and structures of the South African economy that have indeed perpetuated the persistently low levels of growth observed. In particular we consider the capital-intensive nature of manufacturing, regulation in the telecommunication and transport sector and the inadequacies of Black Economic Empowerment policies. The paper concludes discussing the welfare outcomes on the vast majority of South Africans who are unable to participate in the economy.

     
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    Series: Working paper / World Institute for Development Economics Research ; 2014/155
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  3. Informality and inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Author: Cassim, Aalia; Lilenstein, Kezia; Oosthuizen, Morné; Steenkamp, Francois
    Published: July 2016
    Publisher:  Communications and Engagement Unit, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton

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    ISBN: 9781781183168
    Series: IDS working paper ; volume 2016, no 470
    Subjects: Informality; Informal Sector; Inclusive Growth; Africa; South Africa
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  4. Informality and inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Evidence Lessons from Latin America (ELLA) : regional evidence paper
    Author: Cassim, Aalia; Lilienstein, Kezia; Oosthuizen, Morné; Steenkamp, François
    Published: May 2016
    Publisher:  Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town

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    Series: DPRU working paper ; 2016, 02
    Subjects: informality; inclusive growth; employment; labour markets; transitions; South Africa
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  5. How large is the wage penalty in the labour broker sector?
    evidence for South Africa using administrative data
    Author: Cassim, Aalia; Casale, Daniela
    Published: May 2018
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    Public debate on the temporary employment services, or labour broker, sector in South Africa has focused on temporary workers' wages and benefits. Empirical research is limited: temporary employment services cannot be accurately identified in recent... more

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    Public debate on the temporary employment services, or labour broker, sector in South Africa has focused on temporary workers' wages and benefits. Empirical research is limited: temporary employment services cannot be accurately identified in recent labour force surveys. In 2015, South Africa Revenue Services and the National Treasury made company and employee income tax data available which explicitly captures labour brokers and employee wages. We use this to examine whether there is a wage penalty for labour broker employees and, if so, its magnitude. We control for individual and time fixed effects. Such empirical evidence is important in debates on the sector's role in the South African labour market.

     
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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2018, 48
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  6. Household tipping points in the face of rising electricity tariffs in South Africa
    Author: Goliger, Angelika; Cassim, Aalia
    Published: March 2018
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    Since the start of sharp electricity tariff increases in 2008, South African household demand for electricity has not been significantly affected. However, the combination of economic realities and ongoing electricity tariff increases will eventually... more

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    Since the start of sharp electricity tariff increases in 2008, South African household demand for electricity has not been significantly affected. However, the combination of economic realities and ongoing electricity tariff increases will eventually compel households to reduce their electricity usage. This research explores the ability of South African households to make alternative-energy and/or energy-efficient investments in two tariff increase scenarios. It is found that middle-income households are the most vulnerable to rising electricity tariffs, due to their limited ability to invest in technologies that would significantly reduce their electricity usage, yet they are unlikely to opt for the alternatives used by low-income households. Assuming that 20 per cent of households that can afford to invest in particular technologies do so, then around one quarter of total residential electricity sales in South Africa could potentially go off-grid in the base case tariff scenario by 2030.

     
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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2018, 33
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  7. The impact of employment protection on the temporary employment services sector
    evidence from South Africa using data from tax records
    Author: Cassim, Aalia
    Published: June 2020
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    Attempts to regulate the temporary employment sector have had mixed results internationally. In South Africa, temporary employment was regulated in 2015 through amendments to the Labour Relations Act. This paper uses administrative data to examine... more

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    Attempts to regulate the temporary employment sector have had mixed results internationally. In South Africa, temporary employment was regulated in 2015 through amendments to the Labour Relations Act. This paper uses administrative data to examine the short-term impact of strengthening employment protection legislation in the temporary employment services (TES) sector, focusing on employment, job duration, and wages. A regression discontinuity design is used as the amendments applied only to employees earning below a certain threshold. The findings suggest that while working conditions improved for those that transitioned out of the TES sector into the non-TES sector, a larger proportion of individuals moved out of the data into informal employment, unemployment, or economic inactivity after the amendments were implemented. Providing empirical evidence on the impact of the amendments is an important contribution to the debate on regulating labour markets in developing countries, particularly in South Africa given its considerable unemployment rate.

     
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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2020, 79
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  8. Product market competition, productivity, and jobs
    the case of South Africa
    Author: Dauda, Seidu; Nyman, Sara; Cassim, Aalia
    Published: December 2019
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Practice Group, [Washington, DC, USA]

    The degree of concentration and market power in South African markets has been the topic of much policy discussion. However, there has been little evidence on what drives market power and the impact of the degree of competition in South African... more

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    The degree of concentration and market power in South African markets has been the topic of much policy discussion. However, there has been little evidence on what drives market power and the impact of the degree of competition in South African markets on economic outcomes. This paper improves on previous markup estimates for South Africa using a methodology developed by De Loecker and Warzynski (2012) applied to tax administrative data for 2010-14. The paper then explores the firm-level determinants of the estimated markups and assesses the link between competition and firm-level outcomes, including productivity, employment, and wages. The analysis finds that average markups across the economy appear to have risen between 2010 and 2014. Larger firms, higher-intensity exporters, and firms with greater sales shares charge higher markups than comparator firms in South Africa, even after controlling for efficiency. Moreover, lower product market competition has a significant, negative effect on productivity growth, employment growth, and wage growth in South African manufacturing industries. Higher sales-weighted and value-added-weighted average industry-level markups are associated with lower industry-level entry rates. The findings highlight the importance of implementing sound pro-competition government interventions and the significant economic benefits associated with such policies

     
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  9. Product market competition, productivity, and jobs
    the case of South Africa
    Author: Dauda, Seidu; Nyman, Sara; Cassim, Aalia
    Published: December 2019
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Practice Group, [Washington, DC, USA]

    The degree of concentration and market power in South African markets has been the topic of much policy discussion. However, there has been little evidence on what drives market power and the impact of the degree of competition in South African... more

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    The degree of concentration and market power in South African markets has been the topic of much policy discussion. However, there has been little evidence on what drives market power and the impact of the degree of competition in South African markets on economic outcomes. This paper improves on previous markup estimates for South Africa using a methodology developed by De Loecker and Warzynski (2012) applied to tax administrative data for 2010-14. The paper then explores the firm-level determinants of the estimated markups and assesses the link between competition and firm-level outcomes, including productivity, employment, and wages. The analysis finds that average markups across the economy appear to have risen between 2010 and 2014. Larger firms, higher-intensity exporters, and firms with greater sales shares charge higher markups than comparator firms in South Africa, even after controlling for efficiency. Moreover, lower product market competition has a significant, negative effect on productivity growth, employment growth, and wage growth in South African manufacturing industries. Higher sales-weighted and value-added-weighted average industry-level markups are associated with lower industry-level entry rates. The findings highlight the importance of implementing sound pro-competition government interventions and the significant economic benefits associated with such policies

     
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