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FINAL PROGRAMME: ESSA 2017 BIENNIAL CONFERENCE

WEDNESDAY 30 AUG TO FRIDAY 1 SEPT 2017, RHODES UNIVERSITY, GRAHAMSTOWN

(Last updated 2017-09-04 12:37:09)

Wednesday08:30 - 09:30 Registration - Barratt Foyer
Wednesday09:30 - 09:50 Welcoming / Welcome by the Vice Chancellor - Barratt 1
Wednesday10:00 - 11:20Parallel Sessions A
Session A1
ENVIRONMENTAL
ECONOMICS

BARRATT 1

Amanda Musandiwa, Johane Dikgang and Sunita Prugsamatz Ofstad, Does knowledge about the environmental harms of meat consumption matter?

Sandile Phakathi and Edilegnaw Wale, Why and to what extent do small farmers over-irrigate? Empirical evidence on the institutional factors from Ndumo B and Makhathini irrigation schemes, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sandra Makumbirofa and Andrea Saayman, Willingness to pay for common pool resources: A comparison between Ponta do Oura and Portofino

Jonathan Rawlins, Willem de Lange and Gavin Fraser, An ecosystem service value chain analysis framework: a conceptual paper

Session A2
INEQUALITY
BARRATT 2

Kholiswa Malindini, Income inequality and FDI nexus in South Africa: A time series analysis

Anna Orthofer, Stan du Plessis and Monique Reid, Private Wealth in a Developing Country: Evidence from South Africa

Franklin Dang Kum, Financial Inclusion and Inequality: A Cross Country Analysis of Emerging and Developing Economies

Steven Koch, Updated Equivalence Scales

Session A3
ENERGY
BARRATT 3

Sylvia Israel-akinbo, Jen Snowball and Gavin Fraser, The Energy Transition Patterns of Low-income Households in South Africa

Jessika Bohlmann, An analysis of the residential sector energy consumption in South Africa

Roula Inglesi-lotz, The Energy Rebound Effect in South Africa: Evidence from a decomposition exercise and system dynamics

Hlalefang Khobai and Pierre le Roux, Does renewable energy consumption drive economic growth: Evidence from Granger-causality technique

Session A4
BANKING
SOCIOLOGY A

Nomasomi Ngonyama and Munacinga Simatele, Competition in the Banking Sector: A literature review

Franklin Amuakwa-mensah, Rebecca Klege, Philip Kofi Adom, Edmond Hagan and Anthony Amoah, Energy intensity and banking performance nexus in Sub-Sahara Africa

Odunayo, Magret Olarewaju, Stephen Migiro and Mabutho Sibanda, Role of Agency Cost on Managers’ Compensation in South African Commercial Banks.

Joseph Akande, P-SVAR Analysis of Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa Commercial Banks

Session A5
TRADE
SOCIOLOGY B

Charl van Schoor, Using Disaggregated Trade Data as a Proxy for Productivity; Empirical Evidence for Africa

Samkelo Myeni, Empirical investigation of import and export demand functions and the Orcutt hypothesis:Evidence from South Africa

Pinkie Getrude Kebakile, Export Destinations and Firm Heterogeneity: Evidence from Botswana's Manufacturing Firms

Manoel Bittencourt, Matthew Clance and Yoseph Getachew, Trade Openness and Fertility Rates in Africa: Panel-Data Evidence

Session A6
MONETARY
LANGUAGES - GERMAN

Master Mushonga, Thankom G. Arun and Nyankomo W. Marwa, What are the Drivers and Inhibitors of Performance among South African Cooperative Financial Institutions? A Delphi Study

Samuel Addo, Policy Regime Changes and Central Bank Preferences

Retselisitsoe Simon Mabote, The role of non-bank financial intermediation in Lesotho: Challenges and possible remedies

Lumkile Patriarch Mondi, Show me the Money - The Financialisation of Eskom 1985-90

Session A7
HEALTH
LANGUAGES - FRENCH

Tanja Gordon, Frederik Booysen and Josue Mbonigaba, Socio-Economic Inequalities in the Multiple Dimensions of Access to Healthcare: The Case of South Africa

Anja Smith, Ronelle Burger, Carmen Christian, Ulf Gerdtham and Dumisani Hompashe, The quality of contraception care in South Africa: evidence from standardised patient visits (a pilot)

Tafadzwa Jani, Do Female Orphans Face an Increased Risk of Early Sexual Debut, Early Marriage and Teen Pregnancy in Zimbabwe?

Amaury Pitot and Ferdi Botha, Suicide and the South African business cycle: A time series approach, 2006 – 2015

Wednesday11:20 - 11:50 Tea - Barratt Foyer + School of Languages
Wednesday11:50 - 13:00 Keynote Address: Wendy Carlin & Sam Bowles - Barratt 1
Transforming the undergraduate curriculum in Economics
Wednesday13:00 - 14:00 Lunch - Oppidan Dining Room, Steve Biko Building
Wednesday14:00 - 15:20Parallel Sessions B
Session B1
ENVIRONMENTAL
ECONOMICS/WATER

BARRATT 1

Nqobile Natasha Mpala, Kudayja Mahommed Parker, Moonsamy Lutchmanan Pillay, Jason Stratton Davis and Murwirapachena Genius, Are tertiary students in South Africa conscious of environmental sustainability? A Durban University of Technology case study.

Paige Jenje and Gavin Fraser, The water footprint of dryland pasture based dairy enterprise located in the “Golden Mile”- A future scenarios application

Sandile Phakathi and Edilegnaw Wale, Explaining the economic value of irrigation water using psychological capital: a case study from Ndumo B and Makhathini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Dev Tewari, water markets in south Africa: are they working or will they work?

Session B2
MACROECONOMICS
BARRATT 2

Harold Ngalawa and Komba Coretha, Inflation-Output Trade-Off in South Africa: Is the Phillips Curve Symmetric

Foluso Akinsola, Financial Development and the effectiveness of monetary policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Laure Gnassou, Quintessence of Macroeconomic Uncertainty in the DR Congo

Prudence Stephen Moyo and Nicola Viegi, Macroeconomic dynamics in a dollarised economy: A BVAR Approach

Session B3
GENDER
ECONOMICS

BARRATT 3

Jacqueline Mosomi, Distributional Changes in the gender wage gap in the Post-Apartheid South African Labour Market

Refilwe Lepelle, Trade Effects on Gendered Labour Market Outcomes in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Marc Piazolo, Hiring Discrimination in the Labor Market - A Teaching Case in Human Resources Management

Session B4
RISK
SOCIOLOGY A

Balisa Mhambi and Syden Mishi, Risk perceptions, risk attitudes and choice: Literature review

Teboho Bosiu, The impact of competition on bank risk-taking in select sub-saharan african countries

Lebogang Nleya, Assessing portfolio market risk in the BRICS economies: use of multivariate GARCH models

Johan Coetzee, The Evolution of Financial Services: Strategic Risk Considerations for South African Banks

Session B5
CRIME & WAR
SOCIOLOGY B

Franz Krige Siebrits, Sophia du Plessis and Ada Jansen, Causes of civil war: A fuzzy-set analysis

Prudence Kwenda and Miracle Ntuli, The effect of unemployment on crime in South Africa

Sean Muller and Tim Brophy, Crime beliefs and crime incidence

Carolyn Chisadza and Matthew Clance, Conflict and Regional Heterogeneity

Session B6
FORMAL &
INFORMAL
SECTORS

LANGUAGES - GERMAN

Nackerdien Faeez and Yu Derek, A panel data analysis on the formal-informal sector linkages in South Africa

Mosima Ngwenya, Skills-related underemployment and unemployment in South Africa's informal economy: A case study of the Potchefstroom area.

Godfrey Kamutando, Allocative Efficiency Within and Between Formal and Informal Manufacturing Sector in Zimbabwe

Veron Vukeya, An Overview of SMMEs in South Africa: An Analysis of the NSB Act

Session B7
EMPLOYMENT/LABOUR
LANGUAGES - FRENCH

Chijioke Nwosu and Catherine Ndinda, Employment and poverty in South Africa: a gendered analysis

Vimal Ranchhod and Ihsaan Bassier, Estimating the wage and employment effects of a large increase in South Africa’s agricultural minimum wage

Claire Vermaak and Sambhu Rathi, The impacts of rural electrification on labour market outcomes in developing countries: Evidence from India and South Africa

Loyiso Maciko and Babalwa Siswana, A study investigating the impact of graduate unemployment in Eastern Cape

Wednesday15:30 - 17:10Parallel Sessions C
Session C1
LABOUR
BARRATT 1

Nik Theodore, Derick Blaauw, Anmar Pretorius and Rinie Schenck, The socioeconomic integration of migrant and native-born day labourers in Tshwane, South Africa

Jean-pierre Geldenhuys, Labour market segmentation in South Africa

Kholekile Malindi, Imperfect information and the wage-gap for South African men: statistical discrimination, employer learning and labour market signalling

Gibson Mudiriza and Lawrence Edwards, Market potential and regional wage disparities in South Africa.

Aalia Cassim and Daniela Casale, How large is the wage penalty in the labour broker sector? Evidence for South Africa using administrative data

Session C2
EDUCATION
BARRATT 2

Marios Karapanos and Marc Piazolo, Framing, Loss Aversion and Student Achievement

Juniours Marire, Are South African Public Universities Economically Efficient? Reflection Amidst Higher Education Crisis

Nadia Hunt and Jannie Rossouw, Lecturing Economics in public and private higher education institutions: Competition, companionship or co-operation?

Jason Davis, IQA: A Researcher’s Toolbox to Examine 'How and Why' Students Learn from Economics Games

Nicholas Spaull, Who makes it into PISA? Understanding the impact of PISA sample eligibility using Turkey as a case study (PISA 2003 – PISA 2012)

Session C3
EXCHANGE RATES
BARRATT 3

Byron Gibby Botha and Rudi Steinbach, Shock-dependent variability of exchange rate pass through in South Africa

Olalekan Bashir Aworinde and Ishola Rufus Akintoye, Do exchange rate changes have symmetric or asymmetric effects on money demand in Nigeria?

Thobekile Qabhobho, Charles Wait and Pierre le Roux, Exchange-Rate Volatility and the Contagion/Spill-Over Effect: Evidence from SADC Economies

Ojo Johnson Adelakun and Harold Ngalawa, The Dynamic of Exchange Rate Pass-Through: The Case of Domestic Prices in Net Oil Exporting and Oil Importing Countries.

Christian Tipoy, Marthinus Breitenbach and Mulatu Fekadu Zerihun, Exchange Rate Misalignment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Non-linear Panel Cointegration and Granger Causality Tests

Session C4
POVERTY &
DEVELOPMENT

SOCIOLOGY A

Mark Ellyne and Noxolon Mahalela, The Impact of Remittances on Poverty in Africa: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis

Arno van Niekerk, Towards inclusive growth in Africa

Sean Muller, The (im)probability of brain gain under occupational choice

Matsebula Velenkosini, Financial Inclusion in South Africa: A NIDS Data Analysis of Households Access to and the Usage of Financial Services & Products.

Nicholas Masiyandima, Financial Inclusion And Quality of Livelihood in Zimbabwe

Session C5
INVESTMENT
SOCIOLOGY B

Adriaan Slabbert and Gavin Keeton, Investment grade or "junk" status: do sovereign credit ratings really matter?

Bongumusa Makhoba, The contribution of FDI to domestic employment levels in South Africa

Edson Vengesai and Farai Kwenda, The Impact of leverage on directional investment: African evidence.

Maphelane Phume, Determinants of investment under financial constraints in South African firms

Faeezah Peerbhai, The Impact of Exchange Traded Funds on the microstructure of their constituent shares: A South African case

Session C6
POVERTY
LANGUAGES - GERMAN

Gift Dafuleya and Fiona Tregenna, Insuring Food Consumption and Property against Funeral Expenses

Musawenkosi Nxele, Does mining alleviate or exacerbate poverty: Are local community grievances really 'Much Ado about Nothing'?

Michelle Monique Meixieira Groenewald, Carike Claassen and Derick Blaauw, A cross country analysis of the relationship between ethnic tolerance and trust, and economic freedom.

Antonie Pool, Poverty dynamics and migration by core and dynasty households in KwaZulu-Natal

Lowell Scarr, Brazilian Lessons for South African challenges: How community driven rural development has helped improve the lives of thousands

Session C7
HUMAN CAPITAL &
PRODUCTIVITY

LANGUAGES - FRENCH

Uchena Efobi and Emmanuel Orkoh, Spurring High-Growth Entrepreneurship through Training: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Nigeria.

Ayanda Meyiwa, Best Practices in Port Development: Evidence from the Asian Developmental Paradigm

Naomi Mathenge and Eftychia Nikolaidou, Firm Financing and Productivity in Sub Saharan Africa: Evidence from firm Level Data

Mark Schaffer, Andre Steenkamp, Wayde Flowerday and John Gabriel Goddard, Innovation and technology absorption: Measuring the returns to R&D

Wednesday18:00 -  Welcome cocktail function - Barratt Foyer
Thursday08:00 - 09:00 Registration - Barratt Foyer
Thursday09:00 - 10:00Parallel Sessions D
Session D1
COMPETITION
POLICY

BARRATT 1

Oluwatobi Ogundele and Melissa Naidoo, Institutional mechanisms (IMs) for successful competition policy design and implementation in developing countries

Keabetswe Mojapelo, Testing For Structural Changes In Prices Due To Competition Policy Intervention: A Bai-Perron Approach

Joseph Akande, Does Competition reduce Stability? SFA and GMM Application to SSA Commercial Banks.

Session D2
MONETARY POLICY
BARRATT 2

Lenhle Dlamini and Harold Ngalawa, Financial stress: Implications of Monetary Policy in South Africa

Hylton Hollander, Monetary Regimes, Money Supply and the US Business Cycle since 1959: Implications for Monetary Policy Today

Olumuyiwa Apanisile, Asymmetry Effects of Monetary Policy shocks on Output in Nigeria: A Non-Linear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (NARDL) Approach.

Session D3
SOUTH AFRICA
BARRATT 3

Jacobus Willem Mostert, Radical economic transformation and inclusive growth: A provincial perspective

Philippe Burger, Economic and employment growth

Lumkile Patriarch Mondi, Can the SA Economy be Transformed? The Case of Black Industrialists

Session D4
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT

SOCIOLOGY A

Lerato Shai, The Effect of the Local Government Equitable Share on Own Revenue Generation in South African Municipalities

Clive Coetzee and Ewert Kleynhans, Modelling Municipal Financial Conditions in KwaZulu-Natal – South Africa

Mmamoletji Oniccah Thosago and Franklin Kum, Analysis on the George Municipality LED performance for the period 2013-2014

Session D5
PUBLIC SECTOR
SOCIOLOGY B

Mathane Makgatho, Public Investment and Provincial Inequality in South Africa

Ntombizethu Mashiloane, Review of Sanitation Public Expenditure in South Africa and Investigation of its Spill-Over Effects in KZN Province

Richard McGowan, Pot(Dagga) The Newest Acceptable Sin and Fount of Revenue

Session D6
EXCHANGE RATES
LANGUAGES - GERMAN

O Johnson Adelakun and Harold Ngalawa, Asymmetry Exchange Rate Pass-through and Domestic Prices in Net Oil Exporting and Importing Countries

Adebayo Augustine Kutu, Modelling Exchange Rates Volatility and the Global Shocks in South Africa

Alain Kabundi and Asi Mbelu, Has the Exchange Rate Pass-Through changed in South Africa?

Session D7
ECONOMIC
GEOGRAPHY

LANGUAGES - FRENCH

David Dyason, Spatial Development Implication of a University Campus: The Case of Potchefstroom

Tawanda Chingozha, Motivation, Risks and Class Effects of Land Policy in a Colony: Lessons from Southern Rhodesia

Tawanda Chingozha and Dieter von Fintel, Using Remote Sensing and Census Data to Estimate the Welfare and Migration Effects of Land Reform in Developing Countries: Evidence from Zimbabwe

Thursday10:00 - 10:20 Tea - Barratt Foyer + School of Languages
Thursday10:20 - 11:20Parallel Sessions E
Session E1
EDUCATION
BARRATT 1

Dorrit Posel and Erofili Grapsa, Time to learn? Time allocations among children in South Africa

Debra Shepherd and Rebecca Selkirk, Home language and socio-economic context peer effects in South African primary school classrooms

Nicholas Spaull, Elizabeth Pretorius and Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, Modelling the links between fluency & comprehension in African languages

Session E2
MONETARY POLICY
BARRATT 2

Marea Sing and Rudi Steinbach, Real-Time Monetary Policy Rules and Imperfect Knowledge: A South African Case Study

Irrshad Kaseeram, Inflation Targeting and Anchored Expectations in South Africa

J. Paul Dunne and Christine S. Makanza, Current Account Dynamics and Monetary Policy Transmission in South Africa

Session E3
RESOURCE
ECONOMICS

BARRATT 3

Helen Kean, Do good institutions defer FDI to natural resource rich developing countries? A multilevel dynamic analysis

Montfort Mlachila and Rasmane Ouedraogo, Financial Resource Curse in Resource-Rich Countries: the Role of Commodity Price Shocks

Paul Terna Gbahabo and Emmanuel Oduro-afriyie, On the Dynamics of the Oil Resource Curse in Nigeria: Theory and Implications

Session E4
ECONOMIC GROWTH
SOCIOLOGY A

Moses Duma and Munacinga Simatele, Ideas that change the world: a review of the collaborative economy in the African context.

Olaide Opeloyeru, The impact of life expectancy on economic growth in Nigeria

Paul Gbahabo and Oluseye Ajuwon, Mobile Broadband and Economic Growth in Nigeria

Session E5
STOCK MARKETS
SOCIOLOGY B

Dennis Kawawa and Jamela Hoveni, Inflation Hedging With South African Stocks: A Jse Sectoral Analysis.

Jessica Atsin and Matthew Ocran, Financial Liberalization and The Development of Stock Markets

Magda Kasyoka Wilson and Désiré J-m Vencatachellum, Stock market performance and mergers and acquisitions targeting South African firms from 1991 to 2014

Session E6
EXCHANGE RATES
LANGUAGES - GERMAN

Trust Reason Mpofu, The Determinants of Exchange Rate Volatility in South Africa

Simiso Msomi, Foreign monetary policy expectations and domestic exchange rate behaviour

Harris Maduku, An Empirical Analysis of Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Prices In South Africa (2002-2015)

Session E7
INVESTMENT &
INDUSTRY

LANGUAGES - FRENCH

Wilson Mabasa, Local content protection in the motor vehicle industry in South Africa

Goodness Aye, Causality between Economic Policy Uncertainty and Real Housing Returns in Emerging Economies: A Cross-Sample Validation Approach

Yi Ren Thng, Local Capital Markets, Sub-sovereign bonds and African Infrastructure Financing: Prospects and Pitfalls

Thursday11:25 - 13:05 AGM, Presidential Address & Questions to the Editor of the SAJE - Barratt 1
Thursday13:05 - 14:00 Lunch - Oppidan Dining Room, Steve Biko Building
Thursday14:00 - 15:20Parallel Sessions F
Session F1
COMPETITION
BARRATT 1

Willem Boshoff and Rossouw van Jaarsveld, Analysing Cartel Episodes: A Markov-Switching Application

Anmar Pretorius, Ewert Kleynhans and Reghard van Niekerk, The determinants of concentration in the South African manufacturing industry

Tapera G. Muzata, Overcharges and cartel deterrence in multi-product collusion

Albertus van Niekerk and Nicola Theron, Impact of competition enforcement in the cement industry in South Africa

Session F2
UP-SARB CHAIR:
MONETARY
ECONOMICS

BARRATT 2

Dawid van Lill, Balance Sheet Policies and Financial Stability: A DSGE Framework

Ivan van der Merwe, Predicting Periods of Financial Stress in South Africa

Logan Rangasamy and Siobhan Redford, A macroeconomic vulnerability index for South Africa: identifying the next potential crisis

Tumisang Loate and Nicola Viegi, Banking stability and keeping up with the riches

Session F3
EDUCATION
BARRATT 3

Pierre de Villiers, The poor and access to higher education in South Africa, with specific reference to the contribution of NSFAS

Dieter von Fintel and Marisa von Fintel, Educational expansion with no perceived mobility: unfulfilled expectations and changing reference groups in South Africa

Stephen Taylor, How context mediates the effectiveness of teacher support interventions: Evidence from a multi-arm randomised experiment in South Africa

Koye Gerry Bokana and Gbenga Wilfred Akinola, Comparative Analysis of Education Effects on Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Growth

Session F4
SAVINGS
SOCIOLOGY A

Nkululeko Tshabalala, Beatrice Desiree Simo-kengne and Johane Dikgang, Exploring the demographic structure, saving levels and current account nexus in South Africa

Promise Nduku and Beatrice Simo-kengne, “SAVINGS AND POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA: DOES LIFE CYCLE HYPOTHESIS HOLD?”

Calvin Mudzingiri, Financial literacy and incentivized time preferences: Evidence from South African university students

Atoko Kasongo and Matthew Ocran, Determinants of Household saving in South Africa, 1980-2016

Session F5
GENDER
SOCIOLOGY B

Cameron Bing, Prince Changole and Sophia du Plessis, The influence of missions on female political representation

Maarten Mantel and Sophia du Plessis, An analysis of female political representation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Hendrik van Broekhuizen and Nicholas Spaull, The Female Advantage in Higher Education in South Africa

Theophile Azomahou, Yoseph Getachew and Eleni Yitbarek, Share the Love: Parental Bias, Women Empowerment and Intergenerational Mobility

Session F6
BUSINESS CYCLE
LANGUAGES - GERMAN

Ferdi Botha, Gavin Keeton and Hugo Nel, Revisiting the ability of the yield curve to forecast turning points in the South African business cycle

Manqoba Wiseman Ntshakala, The information content of the yield spread about future inflation in South Africa

Laurie Herman Binge and Willem H. Boshoff, Business Sentiment and the Business Cycle in South Africa

Ntokozo Nzimande and Harold Ngalawa, The edogeneity of Business Cycle Synchronisation in SADC: A GMM Approach

Session F7
DEVELOPMENT
LANGUAGES - FRENCH

Lowell Scarr, Reimagining rural development interventions - Using South African experience to better understand what works and what doesn’t

Godfrey Mahofa, Asha Sundaram and Lawrence Edwards, Regional Development Policy and the Spatial Distribution of Firm Entry in South Africa

Mccpowell Fombang and Paul Gbahabo, Broadband Internet Penetration and Human Development enhancement: The case of selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Talent Zwane, On the determinants of household poverty in South Africa: an instrumental variables approach

Thursday15:30 - 17:10Parallel Sessions G
Session G1
EMPLOYMENT
BARRATT 1

Tlhalefang Moeletsi, South Africa's Youth Unemployment and the Employment Tax Incentive: An Empirical Re-evaluation

Martin Abel, Rulof Burger and Patrizio Piraino, The Value of Reference Letters

Emmanuel Baidoo and Derek Yu, An examination of underemployment in South Africa

Vincent Dadam, Labour Market Effects of Public Employment

Martin Abel, Rulof Burger, Eliana Carranza and Patrizio Piraino, Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap? The Effect of Plan-Making Prompts on Job Search and Employment

Session G2
CULTURAL
ECONOMICS

BARRATT 2

Raymond Ndhlovu and Jen Snowball, Developing a Regional Cultural Policy: Guidelines for areas without big cities

Fiona Drummond and Jen Snowball, Regional Development and the Cultural and Creative Industries in South Africa: A Case Study of the Sarah Baartman District

Jen Snowball and Serge Hadisi, Employment, Transformation and Job Creation in the Cultural and Creative Industries in South Africa

Thabo J. Gopane and Khumo T. Mokgatle, THE ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF COMPETITIVE BALANCE ON SOCCER DEMAND? Evidence from the South African Premier Soccer League.

Session G3
FISCAL POLICY
BARRATT 3

Jacobus Willem Mostert, Optimization of Limpopo Provincial Budget- a micro economic analysis

Ada Jansen, Lara Marais and Krige Siebrits, Strategies for Fiscal Consolidation in African Countries

Kevin Kotze, Fiscal Policy Uncertainty and Economic Activity in South Africa

Chengetai Dare, Jansen Ada and Sophia du Plessis, Taxpayers’ behavioural responses to changes in audits and penalties: the case of South Africa

Moeti Damane, Marethabile Hlaahla and Monaheng Seleteng, The Effects of Fiscal Policy shocks on Macroeconomic Variables in Lesotho: Evidence from SVAR Model

Session G4
HEALTH
SOCIOLOGY A

Saeolimi Phorisi and Josue Mbonigaba, The dynamics of health status in the South African panel survey

Carmen Christian, Ronelle Burger, Gerdtham Ulf, Dumisani Hompashe and Smith Anja, Evaluating the quality of TB screening at public healthcare facilities in South Africa

Shadrack Mutembereza and Josue Mbonigaba, Analysis of health mobility among adults in South africa

Millicent  Otopabea Awuku, The Consequences of the Changing Mode of Child Delivery in Ghana

Session G5
LABOUR
SOCIOLOGY B

Theo Klein, Labour market outcomes and sexual orientation: an analysis of the South African labour market

Mamello Amelia Nchake and Nthabiseng Josephine Koatsa, Female Labor Force Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Emmanuel Orkoh, Derick Blaauw and Carike Claassen, Differential effects of wage on intra-household time allocation in Ghana

Odile Mackett, Measuring the determinants of decent work: Evidence from the Gauteng City Region

Claire Vermaak and Colette Muller, Do immigrants have better labour market outcomes than South Africans?

Session G6
HOUSEHOLD
ECONOMICS

LANGUAGES - GERMAN

Vimal Ranchhod, Household responses to the cessation of grant income: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension

Amanda Musandiwa, Johane Dikgang and Sunita Prugsamatz Ofstad, Do consumers care about the impact of their meat choices on the environment? A choice experiment evaluating meat preferences in South Africa and Norway

Sevias Guvuriro and Frederik Booysen, Economic bargaining power and economic decision-making agency in South African households

Keabetswe Mojapelo, What is the size of rule-of-thumb consumers in South Africa: Estimation and Implications

Frederik Booysen and Sevias Guvuriro, Intra-household decision-making and household expenditures: An application of Mahalanobis metric matching (MM)

Session G7
ECONOMIC
THOUGHT &
HISTORY

LANGUAGES - FRENCH

Berta Silva, Looking back, looking forward: lessons learnt from Ugandan NGOs

Calumet Links, Was slavery a flexible form of labour? Division of Labour and Location Specific Skills on the Eastern Cape Frontier.

John Hart, From positive to naturalist economics?

Robert Vivian, When in Rome do as the Romans do: When solving an economist’s problem solve the economist’s problem

Franz Krige Siebrits and Abel Gwaindepi, State Formation in South Africa (1850-1960)

Thursday19:00 -  Gala Dinner - Nelson Mandela Dining Hall
Friday08:00 - 09:00 Registration - Barratt Foyer
Friday09:00 - 10:40Parallel Sessions H
Session H1
INEQUALITY
BARRATT 1

Catherine Ndinda and Chijioke Nwosu, Household structure, compositional changes and poverty in South Africa: a gendered analysis

Martin Wittenberg, The top tail of South Africa's earnings distribution, 1993-2014: Evidence from the Pareto distribution

Dorrit Posel and Michael Rogan, Inequality, social comparisons and minimum income aspirations: Evidence from South Africa

Caro Janse van Rensburg, Carike Claassen and Alicia Fourie, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARITAL STATUS AND INCOME DISPARITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Robert Mullings, A Long Walk to Freedom and Toward Greater Inequality? A Household Level Review of Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa.

Session H2
INFLATION
BARRATT 2

Sinethemba Doctor Sangweni, Inflation dynamics, the role of public debt in S.A.

Franz Ruch, Stan du Plessis and Neil Rankin, Decomposing inflation using micro-price-level data: South Africa's pricing dynamics

Monique Reid, Pierre Siklos and Stan du Plessis, Household inflation expectations survey: An analysis of the disaggregated data

Tlhalefang Moeletsi, NAIRU: The South African Case

Flora Kurasha, Analyzing the effect of hyperinflation on asset-inequality in Zimbabwe

Session H3
HEALTH
BARRATT 3

Frederik Booysen, Perceptions of national health insurance in South Africa: A descriptive analysis

Dumisani Hompashe, Ronelle Burger, Ulf Gerdtham, Anja Smith and Carmen Christian, Patient satisfaction as a measure of clinical quality in South Africa’s public primary healthcare facilities

Ralitza Dobreva, Dimensions of health and well-being in South Africa: health, socioeconomic rank and inequality

Oluwatobi Ogundele and Olukunle Ogundele, National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa: Balancing health system inequities?

Helen Kean, Private hospital expenditure and relation to utilisation – observations from the data

Session H4
FDI
SOCIOLOGY A

Mark Ellyne and Junyan Yu, China’s Success in FDI and Lessons for South Africa

Amon Magwiro, Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity of local firms: Empirical evidence from South Africa

Paul Gbahabo and Mccpowell Fombang, An inquiry into the nature of Causality between FDI and Financial Sector Development in South Africa: An ARDL Approach

Bernice Owusu-brown, The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Carbon Dioxide Emissions in West Africa.

Daivd Fadiran, De jure institutions and foreign direct investment: The Nigerian case

Session H5
APPLIED
MICROECONOMICS

SOCIOLOGY B

Andrew Kerr, Predatory Publishing and Economics in South Africa: an Initial Description and Investigation

Mulalo Mamburu, Defining High Growth Firms in South Africa

Sanele Gumede and Ayanda Meyiwa, A critique of a multi-year National Port Authority pricing methodology in South Africa

Teboho Bosiu, Farisai Chinanga and Mwanda Phiri, Growth and development in the cosmetics, soaps and detergents regional value chains: South Africa and Zambia

David Dyason, A University Campus in a Small City: Discovering which Sectors Benefit

Session H6
MACROECONOMICS
LANGUAGES - GERMAN

Tankiso. A Thibane and Charles. V.R. Wait, During and After the Great Recession: The Role of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization in Respect of Economic Globalization

Tankiso. A Thibane and Charles. V.R. Wait, Revisiting the Origins of Globalization: A Comparative Study Between the Drivers of Globalization During the Earlier and Current Period

Mathew Rotimi and Harold Ngalawa, Impact of Oil Price Shocks on Economic Performance of Africa's Oil Exporting Countries

Lauren Kuhn, Franz Ruch and Rudi Steinbach, Reaching for the (r)-stars: estimating South Africa’s neutral real interest rate

Clive Coetzee, Multi Regional Economic Multipliers

Session H7
TRADE
LANGUAGES - FRENCH

Baraka Leonard Nafari, Effect of Business and Social Networks on Trade between Africa and Europe

Yi Ren Thng, African Sovereign Wealth Funds: Portfolio Management and Investment Impact

Jannie Rossouw, Convergence the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Dream or reality?

Tsitsi Effie Mutambara, How important to South Africa is trade with Africa?

Lorainne Ferreira and Ermie Steenkamp, Identifying regional trade potential between selected countries in the Tripartite Free Trade Area

Friday10:40 - 11:10 Tea - Barratt Foyer + School of Languages
Friday11:10 - 12:50Parallel Sessions I
Session I1
ECONOMIC GROWTH
BARRATT 1

Naomi Mathenge and Eftychia Nikolaidou, The Effect of Financial Structure on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Palesa Phume, Determinants of total factor productivity growth in South Africa

Kehinde Damilola Ilesanmi and Devi Datt Tewari, Increased Fossil Fuel Consumption and Its Impact on Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth

Ifeoma Iwegbunam and Zurika Robinson, Government Expenditure and Economic Growth in South Africa:Causality and Cointegration Nexus

Ishola Rufus Akintoye and Olalekan Bashir Aworinde, Institutions, Infrastructures and Economic Growth in Nigeria

Session I2
EDUCATION
BARRATT 2

Gabrielle Wills, What do you mean by ‘good’? Interrogating quality and school choice preferences in South Africa’s non-fee paying school system

Nicky Nicholls, The impact of alternative formats for formative assessment on summative educational outcomes

Marisa von Fintel and Servaas van der Berg, What a difference a good school makes! Persistence in academic performance and the impact of school quality

Janeli Kotzé, Impact Evaluation of a Grade R Literacy Programme: Using a Difference-in-Difference method.

Dumisani Hompashe, Instructional leadership and academic performance: Eastern Cape educators’ perceptions and quantitative evidence

Session I3
ENERGY &
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

BARRATT 3

Heinrich Bohlmann, CGE Modelling of Carbon Taxes in South Africa: Current Shortcomings and the Way Forward

Malibongwe Cyprian Nyathi, Energy Prices and the Real Exchange Rates: A South African Perspective

Jessika Bohlmann, Determinants of residential demand for electricity in South Africa

Sylvia Israel-akinbo, Jen Snowball and Gavin Fraser, An Investigation of Multidimensional Energy Poverty amongst South African Low-income Households

Mathekga Jerry and Maciko Loyiso, Towards achieving sustainable economic development in Africa: a case of SADC region

Session I4
TAXATION
SOCIOLOGY A

Kabeya Clement Mulamba, Examining relationships between revenue from property tax, tariffs and other municipal revenue in South Africa

Johannes Kemp, The elasticity of taxable income: the case of South Africa

Carolyne Mbatia and Mark Ellyne, Effect of Foreign Aid Dependency on Taxation Revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nthabiseng Josephine Koatsa and Mamello Amelia Nchake, Revenue Productivity of the Tax System in Lesotho

Mashekwa Maboshe, Corporate Taxation and Inter-Asset Investment Distortions in South Africa

Session I5
MACRO MODELLING
SOCIOLOGY B

Mai Le Vo Phuong and Ruthira Naraidoo, A DSGE Model for South Africa

Samuel Addo, Policy Regime Switches and Evolution of Macroeconomic Outcomes

Nelene Ehlers and Riaan Ehlers, Nowcasting South African real GDP with MIDAS

Session I6
FINANCE
LANGUAGES - GERMAN

Darrol Stanley, Levan Efremidze, Jannie Rossouw and Deryck van Rensburg, Trading of White Maize/Witmielies July Domestic Futures Prices Utilizing Entropy Analytics

Usanda Monwabisi Gqwaru, Towards addressing Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis: Insights based on the South African National Credit Act (NCA)

Dawid van Lill, Balance Sheet Policies: A Primer

Bein. A. Murad and Israel Odion Idewele, The Impact of Microfinance on poverty reduction and Economic development in Nigeria

Vafa Anvari, Jenny Kilp, Crystal Roberts and Samantha Springfield, The Impact of the Global Financial Safety net on Emerging Market Bond Spreads