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Accessible policy-relevant research. Accessible policy-relevant research and expert commentaries on unemployment, income distribution and inclusive growth in South Africa.

Kopano Matsaseng

Position: Economist

Institution: Statistics South Africa

A forum for critical debate...

. . . on unemployment and employment, income distribution and inclusive growth in South Africa. It publishes accessible research- and expertise-based contributions. The forum encourages debate on an integrated and consistent policy response to unemployment, inequality and poverty and a strong engagement between research and policy making. We invite contributions from economists and other social science researchers, policymakers and relevant experts.

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Managing Editor
Pippa Green

Founding Editor
Frederick Fourie (November 2012 – February 2021)

Kopano Matsaseng

Creating jobs, reducing poverty I: Why the informal sector should be taken seriously and enabled properly

What is the role of manufacturing in boosting economic growth and employment in South Africa?

Who are the middle class in South Africa? Does it matter for policy?

Why are foreign-run spaza shops more successful? The rapidly changing spaza sector in South Africa

Informal settlements: poverty traps or ladders to work?

Adcorp’s employment and unemployment figures are not taken seriously by researchers – yet they can do much harm

How much is inequality reduced by progressive taxation and government spending?

How high is graduate unemployment in South Africa? A much-needed update

A job in the informal sector reduces poverty about as much as a job in the formal sector

Who creates jobs, who destroys jobs? Small firms, large firms and labour market rigidity