Research Projects

Final projects

This sections contains the final project descriptions and materials in Table 2. These projects were chosen from the broader set of projects listed in Table 3.

Table 2 UN OG-ZAF Final Projects from 5-day Training

Number	Project Description	Materials
1	Social development –- specifically education
2	VAT increase, distributional impacts, including intergenerational impacts and poverty
3	Fiscal sustainability, national health insurance. Also fiscal consolidation with VAT increase, spending cut.
4	Shock to international capital flows (increase or decrease)
5	Productivity increase, TFP shock. From regs or load-shedding

Broad list of projects

This sections contains the broad set of project descriptions brainstormed by the group during the 5-day training in March 2025.

Table 3 UN OG-ZAF Broad Projects List from 5-day Training

Number	Project Description
1	Social development –- specifically education
2	Social transfers, education funding, UBI
3	Government spending on education on labor productivity
4	VAT increase, distributional impacts, including intergenerational impacts and poverty
5	Education spending on crime, how to model crime. As a tax on consumption goods? Government spending on law enforcement. TFP in some sectors subject to crime.
6	Changes in public pensions – esp uprating public worker salaries and its effect on pension payouts and spending/debt. Can we apply to certain type \(j\)s?
7	Green tax – tax on carbon intensive/polluting industries
8	Fiscal sustainability, national health insurance. Also fiscal consolidation with VAT increase, spending cut.
9	Monetary policy changes as manifest through real interest rates on government debt
10	Shock to international capital flows (increase or decrease)
11	Productivity increase, TFP shock. From regs or load-shedding
12	AI – labor productivity/capital-labor subs, TFP?
13	Contribution tax, or wealth tax
14	Green transition spending. Affects public spending, but also industry TFP