Given the rising resource exploration and mining openings, energy demand improvement is
crucial for African sustainable development as it forms an integral part of public revenue …

Agglomeration economies are credited for providing the needed catalyst for economic
growth and development. This paper uses approximately 14,000 firm‐level data and …

In this article, we use a new economic geography (NEG) model to estimate the extent to
which the persistence in apartheid regional wage disparities in South Africa is an outcome of …

The future of urbanization points to increasing agglomeration forces through which towns
and cities merge into huge continuously built up areas with variations in the diversity of …

In this paper, we use the new economic geography (NEG) framework to estimate the extent
to which spatial wage disparities in the South African manufacturing sector are an outcome …

Abstract Since Marshall's (1890) work on industrial districts in 19th century England,
agglomeration economies are credited for providing the needed catalytic role to economic …

Agglomeration economies are rarely a result of natural advantage; the economic actors
need to act to trigger them. The university is a prominent actor in the economy and has …

Cognitive proximity between firms, and their embeddedness in a knowledge network, can
affect firms' innovation performance. While some studies have begun analysing this in …

This thesis examines the spatial patterns, convergence dynamics, and causes of regional
wage disparities in post-apartheid South Africa. The analysis is conducted using a unique …

This article investigates the degree of spatial dependence of unemployment on
neighbouring economies with possible implications for cross-border community …