Econ3x3
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... →
What does the ‘middle class’ mean in a polarised, developing country such as South Africa?
By: Econ3x3 12th March 2014 In a developing, highly unequal country such as South Africa, it is unlikely that a definition of the middle class that is based on an income... →
What is the role of manufacturing in boosting economic growth and employment in South Africa?
By: Econ3x3 11th February 2014 There is a widespread view that countries no longer need to industrialise in order to develop. However, in South Africa manufacturing remains the... →
Cape Town’s trade in wild medicines: ecological threat or essential livelihood resource?
By: Econ3x3 29th January 2014 Cape Town is the urban centrepiece of a globally unique and highly diverse natural environment which should take priority in conservation... →
