Working Papers - 2008

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Effect of changes in state funding of higher education on higher education output in South Africa: 1986-2007
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP24/2008
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Abstract | PDF (375 KB)
 
The significance of the Cape trade route to economic activity in the Cape colony: a medium-term business cycle analysis
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP23/2008
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Abstract | PDF (1.9 MB)
 
What explains the academic success of second-year economics students? An exploratory analysis
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP22/2008
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Abstract | PDF (468 KB)
 
Alternative definitions of informal sector employment in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP21/2008
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Abstract | PDF (444 KB)
 
Afrikaanse musiek en die model van rasionele verslawing
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP20/2008
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Abstract | PDF (563 KB)
 
Does survivorship bias really matter? An empirical investigation into its effects on the mean reversion of share returns on the JSE Securities Exchange (1984-2006)
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP19/2008
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Abstract | PDF (175 KB)
 
Sample selection bias and the South African wage function
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP18/2008
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Abstract | PDF (395 KB)
 
What we can learn from a comparison of the schooling systems of South Africa and Argentina
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP17/2008
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Abstract | PDF (494 KB)
 
Using Match Attractiveness Measures to Evaluate the Structure of the Currie Cup
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP16/2008
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Abstract | PDF (197 KB)
 
Estimating Hedonic Prices for Stellenbosch wine
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP15/2008
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Abstract | PDF (244 KB)
 
Residential Property Prices in a Sub-Market of South Africa: Separating Real Growth from Attribute Growth
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP14/2008
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Abstract | PDF (3.2 MB)
 
How invariant is South African child poverty to the choice of equivalence scale or poverty measure?
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP13/2008
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Abstract | PDF (412 KB)
 
Climate Trading - The Clean Development Mechanism and Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP12/2008
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Abstract | PDF (362 KB)
 
The comparability of Income and Expenditure Surveys 1995, 2000 and 2005/2006
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP11/2008
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Abstract | PDF (301 KB)
 
South African Trade Unions: an Overview for 1995 to 2005
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP10/2008
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Abstract | PDF (580 KB)
 
From Competitive Balance to Match Attractiveness in Rugby Union
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP09/2008
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Abstract | PDF (218 KB)
 
The Economic Impacts of Government Financing of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08/2008
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Abstract | PDF (307 KB)
 
Optimal HP filtering for South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP07/2008
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Abstract | PDF (431 KB)
 
Post-Apartheid Trends in Gender Discrimination in South Africa: Analysis through Decomposition Techniques
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06/2008
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Abstract | PDF (341 KB)
 
The South African labour market: 1995 – 2006
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05/2008
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Abstract | PDF (452 KB)
 
Poverty in South Africa: A profile based on recent household surveys
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2008
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Abstract | PDF (225 KB)
 
The South African informal sector (1997 – 2006)
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP03/2008
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Abstract | PDF (604 KB)
 
Do tutorial programmes influence the performance of Economics students? A case study of the Economics 178 course at Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2008
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Abstract | PDF (220 KB)
 
Explaining ship traffic fluctuations in the early Cape settlement: 1652–1793
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2008
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Abstract | PDF (320 KB)

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