(Last updated 2017-09-04 12:37:09)
Wednesday | 08:30 - 09:30 | Registration - Barratt Foyer |
Wednesday | 09:30 - 09:50 | Welcoming / Welcome by the Vice Chancellor - Barratt 1 |
Wednesday | 10:00 - 11:20 | Parallel 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wednesday | 11:20 - 11:50 | Tea - Barratt Foyer + School of Languages |
Wednesday | 11:50 - 13:00 |
Keynote Address: Wendy Carlin & Sam Bowles - Barratt 1
Transforming the undergraduate curriculum in Economics |
Wednesday | 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch - Oppidan Dining Room, Steve Biko Building |
Wednesday | 14:00 - 15:20 | Parallel 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? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wednesday | 15:30 - 17:10 | Parallel 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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wednesday | 18:00 - | Welcome cocktail function - Barratt Foyer |
Thursday | 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration - Barratt Foyer |
Thursday | 09:00 - 10:00 | Parallel 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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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? |
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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 |
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Thursday | 10:00 - 10:20 | Tea - Barratt Foyer + School of Languages |
Thursday | 10:20 - 11:20 | Parallel 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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Thursday | 11:25 - 13:05 | AGM, Presidential Address & Questions to the Editor of the SAJE - Barratt 1 |
Thursday | 13:05 - 14:00 | Lunch - Oppidan Dining Room, Steve Biko Building |
Thursday | 14:00 - 15:20 | Parallel 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thursday | 15:30 - 17:10 | Parallel 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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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? |
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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) |
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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) |
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Thursday | 19:00 - | Gala Dinner - Nelson Mandela Dining Hall |
Friday | 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration - Barratt Foyer |
Friday | 09:00 - 10:40 | Parallel 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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Friday | 10:40 - 11:10 | Tea - Barratt Foyer + School of Languages |
Friday | 11:10 - 12:50 | Parallel 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |