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How education outcomes differed between types of schools in nineteenth-century South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Economists have confidently agreed that the progression of human capital has an important effect on a state's productivity and growth. Moreover, current research proves the importance of educational outcomes throughout ...
The provision of epistemological access for successful student learning at university: Towards a readiness model for business, commerce and management sciences learners in the further education and training phase
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This study was about the provision of epistemological access to Grade 10 to 12 learners in the business-related subjects of Accounting, Business Studies and Economics at two public high schools in the Western Cape Province. ...
Evaluating the impact of social assistance on poverty alleviation in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
In the past two decades of liberal transformation the post-apartheid Republic of South Africa
has been well described as an upper middle-income economy. Despite the country’s strong
political and economic affiliations ...
Investigating the Relationship between Financial Inclusion and Financial Health in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa is ranked, by any measure, among the most unequal countries in the world. Despite
having a relatively well-developed financial system, historic patterns of economic
concentration continue to feed into the ...
A comparison of South Africa’s colonial education system with other African countries
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Past historical events are crucial for understanding economies and answering imperative questions such as why economic inequalities persist, why certain countries experience economic growth or lag behind, and how societies ...
Testing the weak-form of the efficient market hypothesis on the Johannesburg stock exchange after the global financial crisis
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) is a controversial theory in Finance.
Advocates of the EMH argue that it provides a basis for understanding financial
markets while critics suggest that the hypothesis is unreasonable ...
Investigating financial inclusion in rural households: A South African case
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
People residing in rural areas generally struggle with many socio-economic problems, such as transport, health access, employment opportunities, poverty, inequality, access to essential services and facilities (e.g., piped ...
Examining the labour market outcome of volunteer workers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
As democracy cracked the gloom of Apartheid, South Africa has experienced economic
transformations; however, unemployment is still an Achilles heel that cripples the labour
market. This study examined the labour market ...
The applicability of the quantity theory of money in a multicurrency economy: Lessons from Zimbabwe 2009-2019
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
One of the first economic theories to ever study the effects of money on price levels is the
Quantity Theory of Money (QTM). Both traditionally and empirically, the tenets of this study
have been studied in mono currency ...
Exploring the influence of students’ Grade 12 Accounting knowledge on their academic success in a B. Com Accounting degree at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Studies conducted nationally found that students with Matric Accounting
knowledge performed significantly better than students without it in universitylevel
Accounting modules (Baard, Steenkamp and Kidd 2010; Papageorgiou
2017; ...