The Effect of the Global Economic Recession on the South African Labour Market

Marumoagae, Motseotsile Clement

doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p380

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“…In order for police officials to be able to adequately inform victims of their rights in terms of the Act and to explain certain information, they need detailed understanding of the issues involved and an ability to put information across in a clear and simple manner. 130 • Women must be empowered from an early age, they must be taught to stand against bad cultural practices or practices that undermine their human rights. Young women must be encouraged to study and be self-reliant as their dependency on men has often resulted in abuse.…”

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Domestic Violence in South Africa: Women and Children Under Siege?

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2014

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“…Second, the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-2008 saw SA recording its first recession in 19 years (Rena and Msoni, 2017). Largely triggered by falling commodity export demand and prices, the GFC caused an unemployment spike, with nearly a million job losses (Marumoagae, 2014). Also, dilapidating infrastructure, particularly in the energy sector led to electricity supply interruptions and therefore output volatilities.…”

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Analysing the response of CO2 emissions to business cycle in a developing economy: evidence for South Africa post-apartheid era

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Introduction: This research addresses the response of CO2 emissions to economic fluctuations in South Africa post-Apartheid, covering the period 1990–2018. While previous studies focused on developed countries, limited attention has been given to sub-Saharan developing nations. The study challenges the assumption of constant emissions elasticity in current forecasts.Methods: The study employs a two-step strategy. Firstly, the rolling window regression with Hodrick-Prescott filtering was used to investigate whether the CO2 emissions elasticity varies over time. Secondly, a Markov-switching approach was used to examine the regime-switching behavior in GDP.Results and Discussion: Results suggest that CO2 emisssions elasticity varies over time. This was confirmed through alternative filtering techniques (Christiano-Fitzgerald, Baxter King, and the Butterworth filter). Markov-switching analysis revealed a regime-switching behavior in GDP, indicating negative CO2 emissions elasticity during recessions and positive elasticity during expansions. These findings persist even when accounting for monetary policy shocks and productivity shocks in the Environmental Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (E-DSGE) model. Noteworthy is that South Africa is among the top 20 greenhouse gas emitters globally.Conclusion and recommendations: The study recommends tailored carbon-pricing policies that are conscious to the countercyclical nature of business cycles. Pricing emissions higher during economic upswings aligns with periods of growth. Additionally, the government is advised to invest in research and development for energy conservation, efficiency, and renewable technologies to counterbalance emissions growth. Implementing emission caps and tax incentives can further enforce pollution abatement measures. Policymakers should consider these asymmetrical responses when addressing global warming challenges in South Africa.

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The Effect of the Global Economic Recession on the South African Labour Market

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Domestic Violence in South Africa: Women and Children Under Siege?

Domestic Violence in South Africa: Women and Children Under Siege?

Analysing the response of CO2 emissions to business cycle in a developing economy: evidence for South Africa post-apartheid era

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