2022

Research Report : Economics 2022

Journal Articles (subsidised)

AMARANTE V, BURGER R, CHELWA G, COCKBURN J, KASSOUF A, MCKAY A, ZURBRIGG J. Underrepresentation of developing country researchers in development research. Applied Economics Letters 2022; 29(17):1659-1664.

BANTJES JR, SLABBERT P, DU PLESSIS SWF, JANSEN AI, SIEBRITS FK. Motorists' perceptions of factors that influence payment of speeding fines in Cape Town, South Africa: application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. South African Journal of Psychology 2022; 52(1):48-60.

BJORNSKOV C, FREYTAG A, GUTMANN J. Coups and the dynamics of media freedom. Economic modelling 2022; 116:106025, 14 pages.

BOSHOFF WH, CHANGOLE PM. Non-competition goals and their impact on South African merger control: an empirical analysis. Review of Industrial Organization 2022; 60(DOI.org/10.1007):361-401.

BOSHOFF WH, NKOSI WW. Characteristics of prosecuted cartels and cartel enforcement in South Africa. Review of Industrial Organization 2022; 60(DOI.org/10.1007):327-360.

BROADBERRY S, GARDNER LA. Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885-2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History 2022; 83(101424):1-21.

BURGER JW, BURGER R, VAN DOORSLAER EKA. The health impact of free access to antiretroviral therapy in South Africa. Social Science & Medicine 2022; 299(DOI.org/10.1016):1-7.

BURGER R, CHRISTIAN CS, ENGLISH RG, MAUGHAN‑BROWN B, ROSSOUW L. Predictors of mask-wearing during the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from South Africa . Translational Behavioral Medicine 2022; 12(1):1-13.

BURGER R, GANGAIDZO T, SCHUTTE AE, VON FINTEL M. Stressful life events, neighborhood characteristics, and systolic blood pressure in South Africa. JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION 2022; doi.org/10.1038(e10-1038):1-7.

BURGER R, KOHLER T, GOLOS AM, BUTTENHEIM AM, ENGLISH RG, TAMERIS M, MAUGHAN‑BROWN B. Longitudinal changes in COVID-19 vaccination intent among South African adults: evidence from the NIDS-CRAM panel survey, February to May 2021 . BMC Public Health 2022; 22(1):1-10.

BURGER R, MKUPETE MJ, VON FINTEL DP. Decomposing inequality of opportunity in child health in Tanzania: The role of access to water and sanitation. Health Economics 2022; 31(11):2465-2480.

BURGER R, SEABE D. Examining the Relationship between Resources and the Likelihood to participate in Formal Volunteering in Post-apartheid South Africa. Voluntas 2022; 33(1):149-161.

CASALE D, SHEPHERD DL. The gendered effects of the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM waves 1-5. Development Southern Africa 2022; 39(5):644-663.

CILLIERS J, GREEN EO, ROSS RJ. Did it pay to be a pioneer? Wealth accumulation in a newly settled frontier society. Economic History Review 2023; 76(1):257-282.

DE WIT MP, CROOKES DJ, BLIGNAUT JN, DE BEER ZW, PAAP T, ROETS F, VAN DER MERWE CL, VAN WILGEN BW, RICHARDSON DM. An Assessment of the Potential Economic Impacts of the Invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South Africa. Journal of Economic Entomology 2022; 115(4):1076-1086.

FAGART TS. Collusion in capacity under irreversible investment. International journal of industrial organization 2022; 81(e102810):1-23.

FOURIE J, MARIOTTI GM, INWOOD K. Living standard in settler South Africa, 1865-1920. Economics and Human Biology 2022; 47(101158):1-15.

FOURIE J, SANTANA-GALLEGO M. Mega-sport events and inbound tourism: New data, methods and evidence. Tourism Management Perspectives 2022; 43(101002):1-10.

FOURIE J. Suid-Afrika se lang tog na ekonomiese vryheid: 'n Persoonlike reis. LitNet Akademies 2022; 19(3):1-27.

HOLLANDER H. Monetary regimes, money supply and the USA business cycle since 1959: Implications for monetary policy today. Macroeconomic Dynamics 2022; 26(doi.org/10.1017):1806-1832.

JANSEN AI, MACKENZIE OK, SIEBRITS FK. Assessing the efficiency of tax administration in Africa. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics 2022; 46(4):301-315.

KOSAKOWSKA-BEREZECKA N, SHEPHERD DL. Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models. Social Psychological and Personality Science 2022; doi: 10/1177(0):1-17.

MARCO-GRACIA F J, FOURIE J. The crossover point: Measuring the age at which women outnumber men in South Africa, 1904-2011. Southern African Journal of Demography 2022; 22(1):49-87.

MARCO-GRACIA F J, FOURIE J. The missing boys: Understanding the unbalanced sex ratio in South Africa, 1984-2011. Economic History of Developing Regions 2022; 37(2):128-146.

MWALE ML, MCHENGA M, CHIRWA GC. A spatial analysis of out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Malawi. Health Policy and Planning 2022; 37(1):0.

MWALE ML, MWENDA TK, CASSIM L. The effects of the Malawi farm input subsidy program on household consumption convergence. Development in Practice 2022; 32(3):336-348.

NCHAKE MA, SHUAIBU M. Investment in ICT infrastructure and inclusive growth in Africa. Scientific African 2022; 17(e01293):1-16.

NORLING JF. Using intentions to predict fertility. Journal of Demographic Economics 2022; 88(3):257-282.

RITCHIE MJ, BURGER JW, NAIDOO D, BOOYSEN MJ. Towards informed policy making: An analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on electricity purchases in South Africa. Energies 2022; 15:1-12.

SANTANA-GALLEGO M, FOURIE J. Tourism falls apart: How insecurity affects African tourism. Tourism Economics 2022; 28(4):995-1008.

SHEPHERD DL, MOHOHLWANE N. A generational catastrophe: COVID-19 and children's access to education and food in South Africa. Development Southern Africa 2022; 39(5):762-780.

SHEPHERD DL. Divine discontent: aspirations and subjective well-being at a time of social mobility and high inequality. Consumption Markets & Culture 2022; 25(4):323-342.

SHEPHERD DL. Food insecurity, depressive symptoms, and the salience of gendered family roles during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Social Science & Medicine 2022; 301(114830):1-16.

SHEPHERD DL. Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations. Journal of cross-cultural psychology 2021; 52(3):231-258.

SIEBRITS FK. Economic inequality and political polarization. Taiwan Journal of Democracy 2022; 18(1):41-60.

SPAULL NA. COVID-19 and schooling in South Africa: Who should go back to school first?. Prospects 2022; 51(e10.1007):563-572.

UCTU R, ESSOP H. Technology transfer models of universities and public research organizations in South Africa: changes before and after the IPR-PFRD Act of 2008. Journal of Technology Management and Innovation 2022; 17(1):71-83.

VAN ZANDEN JL. Benchmarking the Middle Ages: fifteenth century Tuscany in European perspective. European Review of Economic History 2022; 26(e6563430):535-554.

WILLS G. Early childhood care and education access in South Africa during COVID-19: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM. Development Southern Africa 2022; 39(6):781-799.

Journal Articles (NON-subsidised)

BURGER R, HARPER A, SAYED N, SWART R. Lockdown-Associated Hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a larger SMS Survey in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022; 19(351):1-9.

BURGER R, SAYED N, SWART R, HARPER A. Lockdown-Associated Hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a larger SMS Survey in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Publich Health 2022; 19(1):1-9.

FREYTAG A, SCHNEIDER F, SPIEGEL S E. The influence of Economic Freedom on the Shadow Economy in Developed and Developing Countries. Economics Voice 2022; 19(2):1-23.

FREYTAG A, SCHNEIDER F, SPIEGEL S E. The Influence of Economic Freedom on the Shadow Economy in Developed and Developing Countries. Econst Voice 2022; 10.1515(doi.org/10.15.15):1-23.

JANSEN AI, MACKENZIE OK, STEYN W. Property taxation and efficiency scores of Metropolitan Municipalities in South Africa. African Multidisciplinary Tax Journal 2022; 22(1):42-60.

MARIOTTI GM, CILLIERS J. Stop! Go! What can we learn about Family Planning from birth timing in Settler South Africa, 1835-1950?. Demography 2022; 58(3):901-925.

NORLING JF. Fertility following natural disasters and epidermics in Africa. The World Bank Economic Review 2022; 36(4):955-971.

PAHA J. Die CO2-Bepreisung beeinflusst den Wettbewerb - und profitiert von ihm. Wirtschaftsdienst 2022; 102(5):385-391.

PAHA J. Kartellschadensersatz - unverzerrte Ermittlung erfordert Analyse der Kartellauslöser / Cartel Damages - Unbiased assessment requires analysis of cartel triggers. Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Kartellrecht 2022; 15(1):3-11.

PAHA J. Wie mächtig ist der Handel wirklich? Okonomische Analysen zum Ansapfverbot im Kartellrecht. / How powerful are retailers? Economic analyses on the German "Ansapfverbot". Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb 2022; 72(6):320-327.

WANAMAKER MH. African American intergenerational economic mobility since 1880. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2022; 14(3):84-117.

Books

FOURIE J. Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom. Cambridge Univeristy Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2022:280 pp.

GARDNER LA. Sovereignty without Power. Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2022:340 pp.

GREEN EO. Creating the Cape Colony. The Political Economy of Settler Colonization. Bloomsbury Academic, London, United Nations 2022:173 pp.

Chapters in Books

ADOM T, CHRISTIAN CS, MALINDI KN, NKONKI L. Social, Economic and Environmental Determinants of Health. In: CHIKTE UME, Fryatt R, Makubalo L, Matsoso P, Pillay Y (eds.) South African Health Reforms: 2015-2020: The Road Ahead, Trackstar Trading Pty Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 31-51.

ARDINGTON C, MOHOHLWANE N, WILLS G. A review of recent efforts to benchmark early reading skills in South African languages. In: Pretorius E, SPAULL NA (eds.) Early Grade Reading in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 83-108.

ARDINGTON C, PAMPALLIS I, SAPIRE I, SPAULL NA. Not adding it up: Grade 1 mathematics outcomes in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo. In: Roberts N, Venkat H (eds.) Early Grade Mathematics in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 42-60.

ARDINGTON C, SEBAENG M L, WILLS G. Foundational skills in home language reading in South Africa: Empirical evidence from 2015-2021. In: Pretorius E, SPAULL NA (eds.) Early Grade Reading in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 37-63.

ARDINGTON C, SPAULL NA. Sequenced for success: Evaluating the impact of openly licensed Vula Bula anthologies of graded readers on early grade reading outcomes in South Africa. In: SPAULL NA, TAYLOR SGS (eds.) Early Grade Reading and mathematics Interventions in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 127-145.

BURGER R, GRAY A, HOMPASHE DM. Information and Indicators for Accountability. In: CHIKTE UME, Fryatt R, Makubalo L, Matsoso P, PILLAY Y (eds.) South African Health Reforms: 2015-2020: The Road Ahead, Trackstar Trading Pty Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 320-337.

COURTNEY PSR, SPAULL NA, QVIST J. Mathematical stunting in South Africa: An analysis of Grade 5 mathematics outcomes in TIMSS 2015 and 2019. In: Roberts N, Venkat H (eds.) Early Grade Mathematical in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 15-41.

DELIWE CN, VAN DER BERG S. The role of assessment in Foundation Phase improvement: The Annual National Assessments and beyond. In: Roberts N, Venkat H (eds.) Early Grade Mathematics in South Africa, Oxfort University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 61-80.

DRAPER P, EDJIGU H, FREYTAG A. A Political Economy Assessment of the AfCFTA. In: Fayissa B, Wamboye E F (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Africa's Economic Sectors, Palgrave MacMillan, New York, United Nations, 2022: 693-720.

FOURIE J. The Settlers of South Africa: Economic Forces of the Expanding Frontier. In: de Haas M, Frankema E (eds.) Migration in Africa: Shifting Patterns of Mobility from the 19th to the 21st Century, Routledge, Oxon, United Kingdom, 2022: 135-154.

GUSTAFSSON MA, VAN STADEN S. What a decade of PIRLS results reveals about early grade reading in South Africa: 2006, 2011, 2016. In: Pretorius E, SPAULL NA (eds.) Early Grade Reading in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 22-36.

HOFMEYR H. ELOM in the Western Cape: Investigating the early roots of reading failure. In: Pretorius E, SPAULL NA (eds.) Early Grade Reading in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 64-82.

MAKALUZA NN, MPETA B. Two birds with one stone: Improving Grade 1 learning outcomes using Funda Wanda teaching assistants in Limpopo 2021-2022. In: SPAULL NA, TAYLOR SGS (eds.) Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Interventions in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 146-168.

MCKAY V, SPAULL NA. Changing the "grammer of schooling" in South Africa: The case of the DBE Workbooks. In: SPAULL NA, TAYLOR SGS (eds.) Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Interventions in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 25-47.

NKONKI L, ADOM T, CHRISTIAN CS, MALINDI KN. Social, Economic and Environmental Determinants of Health. In: CHIKTE UME, Fryatt R, Makubalo L, Matsoso P, PILLAY Y (eds.) South African Health Reforms: 2015-2020: The Road Ahead, Trackstar Trading Pty Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 55-82.

PRETORIUS E, SPAULL NA. Reading research in South Africa (2010-2022): Coming of age and accounting for empirical regularities. In: Pretorius E, SPAULL NA (eds.) Early Grade Reading in South Africa, Oxfort University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 1-10.

SIEBRITS FK. Will This Time Be Different? Effects of Large-Scale Technological Change in Advanced Democracies. In: VAN BEEK UJM (ed.) Democracy under Pressure: Resilience of Retreat, Palgrave MacMillan, London, United Kingdom, 2022: 37-62.

SPAULL NA, TAYLOR SGS. Impact or scale? The trade-offs of early grade reading and mathematics interventions in South Africa. In: SPAULL NA, TAYLOR SGS (eds.) Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Interventions in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022: 1-25.

SPAULL NA, TAYLOR SGS. What works and what scales? Returning to a tradition of evidence-based system-wide programmes. In: SPAULL NA, TAYLOR SGS (eds.) Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Interventions in South Africa, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 2022: 300-317.

Research Reports

FOURIE H, SMUTS K. Local Economic Development in Stellenbosch Municipality. 2022: 28 pp.

Doctoral completed

GANGAIDZO T. Socio-economic status and chronic diseases in South Africa. PhD, 2022. 158 pp. Promotor: BURGER R.

HLATSHWAYO AV. Wage dynamics, trade-related wage premia and productivity spillovers: Evidence from the South African manufacturing sector. PhD, 2022. 145 pp. Promotor: RANKIN NA.

KIMBUGWE HP. An assessment of malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment services in Uganda. PhD, 2022. 199 pp. Promotor: BURGER R.

MINNIE RJ. Bargaining Competition and Vertical Mergers. PhD, 2022. 172 pp. Promotor: BOSHOFF WH.

MKUPETE MJ. Examining child health and nutrition inequalities in Tanzania. PhD, 2022. 175 pp. Promotor: VON FINTEL DP.

MWALE ML. The impact of farm input subsidies on women and children: evidence from Malawi. PhD, 2022. 249 pp. Promotor: VON FINTEL DP.