South Africa’s Brittle Peace

Toit, Pierre du

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“…A number of studies have explored the output gap in the context of generating estimates of the determinants of South African productivity growth (Arora and Bhundia, ; Du Toit et al, ; Du Plessis et al, ). A few have examined the merits of alternative methodologies, such as band‐pass filters (Boshoff, ), and HP filters (Du Toit, ).…”

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Estimating South Africa's Output Gap and Potential Growth Rate

Fedderke

Mengisteab

2017

South African J Economics

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This paper estimates the potential output of the South African economy using several filters. We demonstrate that potential output measures are very sensitive to the different methodologies. We also provide estimates of South Africa's potential growth rate over the 1960–2015 period. Current estimates of the potential growth rate fall in the 1.9%–2.3% range. However, the evidence suggests that the rate is under considerable downward pressure. South African potential growth may be headed toward the 1% range. The strongest decline is in the real sectors of the economy (Manufacturing, Mining), the greatest resilience in the service sectors (financial in particular).

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Estimating South Africa's Output Gap and Potential Growth Rate

Fedderke

Mengisteab

2017

South African J Economics

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“…79 The most important wings of COSAG/FA decided to participate in the elections. On the white rightwing, the Freedom Front emerged as a legalist party from the moderate faction of the AVF.…”

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Why there is no party ban in the South African constitution

Kemmerzell

2010

Democratization

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With the decision to abstain from introducing a constitutional provision for the banning of particularistic and extremist parties South Africa appears to be the exception in Africa. This article is interested in the main reasons for this particular constitutional practice. For this purpose three hypotheses will be developed. The article argues that the structures of South Africa's transition to democracy, in particular the beliefs, experiences, and interests of the main transition actors, account for this specific constitutional choice.

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“…The model depicted in Figure 1 was estimated with Version 8.80 of the LISREL statistical software program (du Toit and du Toit 2001). The maximum likelihood option was used for this purpose.…”

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“…Preliminary tests (not shown here) revealed that this assumption had been violated. Following the recommendations of du Toit and du Toit (2001), departures from multivariate normality were handled by converting raw scores on the observed indicators to normal scores prior to estimating the model (see p. 143).…”

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Financial Strain, Religious Involvement, and Life Satisfaction Among Older Mexican Americans

Krause

Bastida

2011

Res Aging

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The purpose of this study is to see if financial strain affects the religious involvement and life satisfaction of older Mexican Americans. In the process, an effort was made to explore the factors that promote financial strain in this ethnic group, including immigration status and English language use. The data come from a nationwide survey of older Mexican Americans. Support was found for the following core relationships in the study model: (1) older adults who were born in Mexico will have less schooling; (2) less education will be associated with less frequent use of English; (3) less frequent use of English will be associated with greater financial strain; (4) greater financial strain leads to less formal involvement in the church; (5) older people who are less involved in the church will have a diminished sense of religious meaning; and (6) older adults with a lower sense of religious meaning will be less satisfied with life.

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South Africa’s Brittle Peace

Cited by 28 publications

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Estimating South Africa's Output Gap and Potential Growth Rate

Estimating South Africa's Output Gap and Potential Growth Rate

Why there is no party ban in the South African constitution

Financial Strain, Religious Involvement, and Life Satisfaction Among Older Mexican Americans

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