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Investigating factors influencing class attendance and performance of first-year economics students
(Stellenbosch University, 2021)
The academic success of first-year Economics students has been examined in many South
African studies in Economic Education. These studies controlled for differences in demographic
characteristics, last school examination ...
Revisiting the COVID-19 vulnerability index in South Africa
(Routledge, 2021)
This study uses the Census 2011 and Community Survey 2016 data,
adopts the Alkire-Foster multidimensional poverty index (MPI)
approach and addresses numerous shortcomings of the original
Statistics South Africa method ...
Money channel of monetary policy transmission in Namibia
(The Institute for International Economics, 2020)
There is an argument that being in an exchange rate pegging arrangement limits the scope of
using interest rate to control money supply to affect output or inflation but here is a point of
contention in the case of ...
Emergency food supplies and food security in Wuhan and Nanjing, China, during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a field survey
(Wiley, 2021)
Detailed empirical work on the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on food security is scant. Local management of food security has received little attention.This article describes emergency food policies in Wuhan
and Nanjing, ...
Cyclicality of size, value, and momentum on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)
The study examines the cyclical behaviour of style premiums on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) over the period 2002–2018. More specifically, the study establishes whether there is a contemporaneous relationship between ...
Exploring the influence of students’ Matric Accounting knowledge on the successful completion of a BCom Accounting mainstream degree: A comparative study at a university in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch University, 2022)
Studies conducted nationally found that students with Matric Accounting knowledge performed
significantly better than students without it in university-level Accounting modules (Baard,
Steenkamp, and Kidd 2010; Papageorgiou ...
Exploring the intersection where business models, a circular economy and sustainability meet in the waste economy: A scoping review
(Sustainability, 2022)
The authors endeavor to investigate the intersection and relationship between sustainability, business models and a circular economy. These three concepts are believed to be at the heart of finding a solution to creating ...
Scoping review of the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on unplanned pregnancy
(AOSIS, 2022)
: Increased pressure on the healthcare system because of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) along with national lockdown policies had consequences on the sexual and
reproductive health of women. While the pandemic has ...
Employed yet poor: Low-wage employment and workingpoverty in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2020)
Working poverty exists worldwide and has shown an increase inprevalence over the past few decades. Over the years, there hasbeen an increase in the number and severity of low-wageemployment, which in turn contributes ...
Status of living standards in Nigeria between 2010 and 2013
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2020)
Nigeria experienced a drop in the poverty rate to an average of56.1% between 1999 and 2007. This could be attributed to themeasures taken by the civilian government against adminis-trative corruption, increased domestic ...