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2. Education and youth unemployment in South Africa after COVID-19 : evidence from the General Household Survey (GHS)Lana Erasmus, Clement Moyo, Andrew Phiri, 2026, original scientific article Abstract: Youth unemployment remains a major challenge in South Africa, and the COVID-19 pandemic has further disrupted education and labour-market transitions. This study investigates how educational attainment influences youth unemployment in the post-COVID period using the nationally representative 2021 General Household Survey. A sample of 3,652 youths was analysed using logit and probit models across three specifications that incorporate education, demographic factors, and household welfare characteristics. The results show that higher education significantly reduces the likelihood of unemployment, with the strongest effects for diploma and degree holders. However, these effects vary across provinces. Youth in Free State, Northwest, and Limpopo experience high unemployment even with higher qualifications, indicating weak regional labour markets. A sensitivity analysis reveals that returns to education are lower in mining-dependent provinces. The study concludes that expanding education alone is insufficient without addressing provincial labour-market constraints.
Keywords: education, youth unemployment, General Household Survey (GHS) data, post COVID-19, South Africa
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3. Migration and human capital development in Africa : the brain drain to brain gain philosophyUche Abamba Osakede, Joel Tobiloba Adeyemo, Opeyemi Eunice Olagunju, Olayinka Omolara Adenikinju, Johnson Olaosebikan, Akanni Olayinka Lawanson, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, 2026, original scientific article Abstract: Evidence on the effect of remittances on human capital development in Africa remains mixed, with limited evidence on the educational attainment of most African migrants. Understanding these patterns is crucial to assessing whether migration leads to brain drain or brain gain. This study examines labour migration from Africa and the role of remittances in shaping school enrolment rates. Using the panel-corrected standard error (PCSE) and feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) methods, the analysis accounts for heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and cross-sectional dependence, providing reliable estimates. The results indicate that most African migrants have attained secondary level of education, while remittances significantly improve primary and secondary enrolment, with no significant effect on tertiary education. Findings also showed that real GDP, government expenditure, and access to electricity enhance enrolment outcomes. These findings suggest that while remittances build foundational human capital, policy interventions are needed to channel resources toward educational outcomes, particularly higher education, to ensure sustainable growth in Africa.
Keywords: migration, brain drain, brain gain
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4. The effect of corruption on the nexus between public health expenditure and economic growth in Sub-Saharan AfricaOmobola H. Arowolo, Sunday O. Adewara, 2026, original scientific article Abstract: Government expenditure on health is an essential factor for the growth of any economy. However, the health system in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has not been receiving enough attention. The direct effect of public health expenditure and corruption on economic growth, as well as the role of corruption in the relationship between public health spending and eco nomic growth in 32 sub-Saharan African countries from 2000 to 2022, is examined by this study using fixed effect and the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) as an estimation technique. The results show that both public health expenditure and corruption negatively impact economic growth, while the joint effect of public health spending and corruption enhances economic growth in SSA. Furthermore, the findings reveal that in flation hurts economic growth whereas gross capital formation and trade openness have a positive effect on economic growth. It is recommended that the government should formulate policies that will control corrup tion and raise the level of institutional quality in the SSA region.
Keywords: GMM, health expenditure, economic growth, corruption
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5. Scaling up the clean energy transition in Turkey : the role of financial development, green technologies, and economic complexityFoday Joof, Mehdi Seraj, 2026, original scientific article Abstract: The transition to a low-carbon economy represents a significant challenge and opportunity for Turkey, whose energy mix is 90% fossil fuel. In this context, this research aims to analyse the role of financial development (FD), economic complexity (EC), and environmental technology (PET) on renewable energy consumption (REC) in Turkey over the period from 1980 to 2020. The Fourier Bootstrap ARDL (FBARDL) approach, a new technique that can capture up to five smooth structural breaks and address small sample biases, indicates that a significant ‘green structural lock-in’ exists, where a 1% rise in FD and EC causes a 1.12% and 0.70% decrease in REC, respectively. In other words, Turkey’s financial development and economic complexity are still locked into fossil fuel consumption. In contrast, PET positively influences REC, where a 1% rise in PET causes a 0.12% rise in REC. The Granger causality test further confirms that FD and PET have a one-way causality to REC. The research contributes to the existing literature on the Turkish energy equilibrium, providing a much-needed antidote to the prevailing ‘positive finance’ assumptions in non-OECD economies.
Keywords: financial development, renewable energy, environmental technology, Turkey, Fourier Bootstrap ARDL
Published in RUP: 24.08.2026; Views: 257; Downloads: 7
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6. SIFIDE’s double impact in Portugal : boosting R&D and optimizing taxesPedro Feliciano, Cristina Isabel Branco Sá, José Luís Pereira Martins, 2026, original scientific article Abstract: Economic growth is closely linked to innovation, with R&D playing a key role in generating new knowledge, products, and processes. In Portugal, public policies support R&D through financial incentives and tax benefits. This article examines the relationship between economic growth and R&D investment from both macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives, focusing on national outcomes and firm-level performance, emphasizing the role of tax incentives in private R&D. Using a linear regression model, we find that innovation-intensive firms investing in R&D exhibit higher levels of tax planning, partly reflecting the direct effect of R&D tax incentives (SIFIDE), and potentially linked to more accurate tax management practices. Our findings align with international evidence while addressing a gap in the Portuguese context. The findings provide insights for policymakers and business leaders, emphasizing the need to monitor private R&D investments supported by SIFIDE and assess their real economic im pact, given the scheme’s substantial fiscal cost.
Keywords: economic growth, tax planning, R&D, tax benefits, SIFIDE
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7. Fichte : določenost, intersubjektivnost in državaBojana Jovićević, 2026, review, book review, critique Keywords: Fichte, teoretična filozofija, praktična filozofija, konference, poročila
Published in RUP: 21.08.2026; Views: 289; Downloads: 7
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9. Make the friendship bracelets : from parasocial attachment to horizontal reciprocity in Taylor Swift fandomEva Vrtačič, 2026, original scientific article Abstract: This article analyses the exchange of friendship bracelets among Taylor Swift fans (Swifties) as a gift economy shaped by parasociality and platform capitalism. Because the celebrity is structurally inaccessible at scale, reciprocity cannot return as an interpersonal gift and is instead displaced laterally into fan-to-fan exchange, becoming horizontal reciprocity and a moral economy of belonging. Drawing on Mauss and Lévi-Strauss, and extending the analysis through Malinowski, Appadurai, Kopytoff, Weiner, Gell, and Miller, I show how mass-produced materials are singularised through labour and ex change. The Eras Tour operates as a tournament of value in which bracelets function as pop-cultural valuables whose circulation organises recognition and inclusion. Reciprocity here can be understood as temporally extended, networked circulation anchored around an absent centre.
Keywords: Taylor Swift fandom, swifties, friedship bracelets, parasociality, reciprocity, tournaments of value, inalienable possessions
Published in RUP: 21.08.2026; Views: 285; Downloads: 5
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10. Psihometrične značilnosti slovenske priredbe Vprašalnika za ocenjevanje dejavnikov tveganja za motnje hranjenja EDE-Q : faktorska struktura in notranja skladnostSaša Zorjan, Živa Krajnc, 2026, original scientific article Abstract: Neprilagojeno prehranjevanje zajema vedenjske (npr. pretirano omejevanje prehranjevanja) in kognitivne procese (npr. zaskrbljenost glede postave in/ali teže), ki se pojavijo tudi pri posameznikih brez izpolnjenih diagnostičnih kriterijev za motnje hranjenja. Zato so potrebni zanesljivi merski instrumenti, ki jih lahko uporabljamo tudi na normativnih vzorcih. Namen pričujoče raziskave je bil preveriti faktorsko strukturo, notranjo skladnost ter veljavnost slovenske priredbe Vprašalnika za ocenjevanje dejavnikov tveganja za motnje hranjenja (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire– EDE-Q) na priložno stnem vzorcu odraslih. Sodelovalo je 428 posameznikov, starih med 18 in 50 let, ki so izpolnili slovensko različico vprašalnika EDE-Q. Re zultati so pokazali visoko notranjo skladnost ter najboljše prileganje trifaktorskemu modelu. Analiza razlik glede na ITM je pokazala, da posamezniki z ITM nad 25 dosegajo višje rezultate pri EDE-Q, kar potrjuje kriterijsko veljavnost vprašalnika. Šibka do zmerna pozitivna korelacija z mero depresivnosti priča o konstruktni veljavnosti vprašalnika. Slovenska oblika vprašalnika EDE-Q je zanesljiva in veljavna meritev za ocenjevanje jedrnih simptomov motenj hranjenja ter neprilagojenih vzorcev prehranjevanja.
Keywords: vprašalnik za oceno motenj hranjenja (EDE-Q), motnje hranjenja, veljavnost, notranja skladnost, faktorska struktura, psihometrične lastnosti
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