Poverty and inequality in South Africa: critical reflections

D Francis, E Webster - Development Southern Africa, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
South Africa is a paradox; on the one hand, it is one of the most unequal countries in the
world. Half of all South Africans continue to live in poverty, economic growth has stagnated …

Revisiting the empirical relationship among the main targets of sustainable development: Growth, education, health and carbon emissions

S Sarwar, D Streimikiene, R Waheed… - Sustainable …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The present study attempts to analyse the empirical relationship among economic growth,
labour, capital, education, health and greenhouse gas emission. For empirical estimations …

Human capital development, poverty and income inequality in the Eastern Cape province

C Moyo, S Mishi, R Ncwadi - Development Studies Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the successful transition into democracy in South Africa, poverty and inequality
levels remain consistently high for an upper-middle-income country. The pace of human …

A qualitative comparative analysis of tourism and gender equality in emerging economies

J Zhang, Y Zhang - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The impact of tourism on gender equality at the national level remains unclear. This study
conducts a comparative analysis of tourism and gender equality in emerging economies …

Skills for industrialisation in sub-Saharan African countries: why is systemic reform of technical and vocational systems so persistently unsuccessful?

S Allais - Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines three interrelated factors outside of formal provision of technical and
vocational education and training (TVET) in sub-Saharan Africa that have undermined TVET …

How artificial intelligence affects the labour force employment structure from the perspective of industrial structure optimisation

X Wang, M Chen, N Chen - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
To investigate how artificial intelligence (AI) affects the structure of labour force employment,
we integrate robotics adoption and employment into this study's model. Based on Chinese …

Vocational training costs and economic benefits: exploring the interactions

N Samoliuk, Y Bilan… - Journal of Business …, 2021 - journals.vilniustech.lt
The aim of the article is to study the relationship between vocational training costs and
economic benefits at different levels of economic relations. In the structure of labour costs in …

RETRACTED: An empirical analysis of the impact of higher education on economic growth: The case of China

D Qi, A Ali, T Li, YC Chen, J Tan - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
China's domestic labor market has limited demand for tertiary graduates due to an
unbalanced industrial structure, with a weak contribution to economic performance over the …

Skills supply and demand in South Africa

F Arends, M Visser, M Powell, H Bhorat, V Reddy - 2016 - lmip.org.za
This report provides a holistic understanding of the current supply and demand for skills in
South Africa, and represents one of the first attempts to analyse how the two interact to …

An empirical investigation of tourism-led growth hypothesis in the european countries: evidence from augmented mean group estimator

W **a, B Doğan, U Shahzad, FF Adedoyin… - Portuguese Economic …, 2022 - Springer
Due to urbanization and the need for people to go from one country to another either for
commercial purpose or tourism, it is therefore important to determine the extent to which …