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Geographical Segregation, Missallocation and Productivity in Apartheid South Africa Manufacturing: The Barrier-Breaking Iron Tracks of Growth featured image

Geographical Segregation, Missallocation and Productivity in Apartheid South Africa Manufacturing: The Barrier-Breaking Iron Tracks of Growth

A quasi-experimental research design to examine a crucial instrument of state policy; the national railway system. It finds that state-led upgrades to the railway network—a tool …

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Timothy Ngalande
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Quantifying Apartness in South Africa: A general equilibrium estimation of the impact or Labour Discrimination  featured image

Quantifying Apartness in South Africa: A general equilibrium estimation of the impact or Labour Discrimination

The study develops and calibrates a static general equilibrium model to quantify the aggregate economic losses attributable to discriminatory labour market policies, specifically …

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Timothy Ngalande
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Race-biased technological progress and growth in 20th Century Industrial South Africa

The study undertakes a granular growth accounting analysis of the mining and manufacturing sectors, the twin engines of 20th-century growth. It finds that manufacturing growth was …

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Timothy Ngalande
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