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An empirical study of the development of factory shops in the clothing industry in the Cape Peninsula
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)
Over the 1ast eight years up to 1989, a new business phenomenon has manifested itself in South Africa. During this period, the so-ca 11ed "factory shop" concept has developed into one of the fastest growing industries in ...
A time dimensional extension to standard poverty analyses in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Most poverty studies ignore the dimension of time and are merely concerned if an individual
meets certain money-metric or non-income welfare (e.g., access to services and asset
ownership) criteria. They fail to recognise ...
Employees’ perception of the factors that prevent disclosure of disability status to the employer: case of a selected higher education institution
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
There is an increase in the number of people with disabilities entering, and in the
workplace. Industrialised countries are encountering a workforce that is ageing, which
makes the prevalence of disability, due to chronic ...
An investigation into the relevance of international portfolio diversification from a South African perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Diversification is one of the more familiar concepts in finance because of its ability
to curtail risk towards investors. However, for diversification to be efficient, the
assets combined should have inversely related ...
Youth in the South African labour market – the first 25 years since the economic transition
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The South African economy is confronted with various socio-economic problems. In particular,
the persistently high and rising unemployment rate (especially for the youth), which has always
been one of them. Unemployment ...
Investigating chronic unemployment in South Africa, 2008-2015
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The South African economy is faced with a crisis of persistently high and rising unemployment
rates. Although this is a cause for serious concern, the statistic captures a segment of the
working-age population enduring ...
The effect of real exchange rate misalignment on exports in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate econometrically the effects of real exchange rate misalignment on South African exports between the period 1994 and 2015 using quarterly time-series data. Cointegration tests were ...
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 ...
Financial development, health care system financing and health outcomes: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This thesis purposes to examine the impact of financial development on health outcomes, health care expenditure and financial protection in health in 46 selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 1995 to 2014. It ...