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DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Employment impact of national, provincial and local government capital in South Africa: An aggregate and sectoral perspective

Charles Shaaba Saba1 School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, PO Box 524 Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nicholas Ngepah1 School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, PO Box 524 Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1947-0008View further author information
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Abieyuwa Ohonba1 School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, PO Box 524 Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8407-0350View further author information
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Article: 2046322 | Received 17 Jun 2021, Accepted 17 Feb 2022, Published online: 20 Mar 2022

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Table 1. Variables, description and data sources

Table 2. Descriptive statistics results

Figure 1. (A): Scatter Plot between Total Employment and National Government Capital; (B): Scatter Plot between Skilled Employment and National Government Capital; (C): Scatter Plot between Semi-Skilled Employment and National Government Capital; (D): Scatter Plot between Low-Skilled Employment and National Government Capital

Figure 1. (A): Scatter Plot between Total Employment and National Government Capital; (B): Scatter Plot between Skilled Employment and National Government Capital; (C): Scatter Plot between Semi-Skilled Employment and National Government Capital; (D): Scatter Plot between Low-Skilled Employment and National Government Capital

Figure 2. : (A): Scatter Plot between Total Employment and Provincial Government Capital; (B): Scatter Plot between Skilled Employment and Provincial Government Capital; (C): Scatter Plot between Semi-Skilled Employment and Provincial Government Capital; (D): Scatter Plot between Low-Skilled Employment and Provincial Government Capital

Figure 2. : (A): Scatter Plot between Total Employment and Provincial Government Capital; (B): Scatter Plot between Skilled Employment and Provincial Government Capital; (C): Scatter Plot between Semi-Skilled Employment and Provincial Government Capital; (D): Scatter Plot between Low-Skilled Employment and Provincial Government Capital

Figure 3. (A): Scatter Plot between Total Employment and Local Government Capital; (B): Scatter Plot between Skilled Employment and Local Government Capital; (C): Scatter Plot between Semi-Skilled Employment and Local Government Capital; (D): Scatter Plot between Low-Skilled Employment and Local Government Capital

Figure 3. (A): Scatter Plot between Total Employment and Local Government Capital; (B): Scatter Plot between Skilled Employment and Local Government Capital; (C): Scatter Plot between Semi-Skilled Employment and Local Government Capital; (D): Scatter Plot between Low-Skilled Employment and Local Government Capital

Table 3. Dumitrescu and Hurlin (Citation2012) panel causality test results

Table 4. SGMM results for overall economic sectors

Table 5. SGMM sectorial employment results

Table 6. SGMM results for skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled total employment

Table 7. SGMM sectorial results for skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled employments

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