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Transformation, Job Creation and Subsidies to Creative Industries: The Case of South Africa’s Film and Television Sector

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  • Alan Collins
  • Jen D. Snowball

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Many governments have tried to stimulate economic growth via policy on the creative industries. South Africa is no different but additionally has an overarching aim of achieving social and labour market ‘transformation’ to move away from the legacy of the apartheid era. The effectiveness of incentives provided to the film and television sector in South […]

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  • Alan Collins & Jen D. Snowball, 2013. "Transformation, Job Creation and Subsidies to Creative Industries: The Case of South Africa’s Film and Television Sector," Working Papers 401, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:401
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    Keywords

    art market; fiscal policy; Government spending; Labour Market; Mass Communication; South Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature

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