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The real exchange rate performance and economic growth in South Africa: 1990 - 2016
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This study estimates the impact of the real exchange rate’s performance on economic growth in South Africa from 1990 to 2016 based on quarterly data. A review of the literature reveals that the real exchange rate can have ...
Cyclicality of size, value and momentum on the Johannesburg stock exchange
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Over the past four decades, size, value and momentum effects have been uncovered on stock
markets, and several multifactor asset pricing models have been proposed to explain them.
The associated premiums have been found ...
Employed yet poor: Low-wage employment and working poverty in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Whilst paid employment has generally been considered as the predominant means of avoiding
poor living standards, the past two decades has seen a rise in the complex phenomenon of
employed poverty worldwide (Eardley, 1998; ...
Investigating transitory and chronic poverty in South Africa, 2008-2015
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In post-apartheid South Africa, the thrust of macroeconomic framework and corresponding policies
inaugurated by the first democratically elected government have been geared towards, amongst
others, poverty alleviation, ...
Investigating multidimensional poverty in South Africa in 2001-2016: The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Since the dawn of democracy, South Africa has come a long way in trying to eradicate
problems relating to poverty and inequality that the apartheid system left deeply engraved
within the midst of our society. To date we ...
Inflation targeting, South Africa and the Great Recession: An alternative perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Described by Mohr (2008:1) as "one of the most hotly debated economic issues in South Africa",
the inflation rate is underpinned by its impact on the average South African. A rapid increase in
the cost of goods and ...
Government intervention to alleviate poverty in South Africa, with a specific focus on poverty in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
When the new democratic government in South Africa came to power in 7994, it inherited a legacy of inequality, unemployment and poverty. Mindful of this triple challenge the government's first socio-economic policy framework, ...
The relationship between transformational leadership, employee engagement and intention to quit among employees at a selected organisation
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Organisations should focus their attention on strategies that mitigate the intention to quit of employees, this can be achieved through creating an environment that is favourably disposed to an efficient and engaged workforce ...