Chitiga-Mabugu, MargaretMabugu, RamosMaisonnave, Hélène2017-03-012016-01Margaret Chitiga, Ramos Mabugu & Hélène Maisonnave (2016) Analysing job creation effects of scaling up infrastructure spending in South Africa, Development Southern Africa, 33:2, 186-202, DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2015.1120650.0376-835X (print)1470-3637 (online)10.1080/0376835X.2015.1120650http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59222In a first for South Africa, this article raws on literature on infrastructure productivity to model dynamic economy-wide employment impacts of infrastructure investment funded with different fiscal tools. Using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model, the South African investment plan is modelled, given the infrastructure externality. Alternative fiscal scenarios to finance the policy are modelled in the article. In the long run, unemployment decreases for all types of workers under one of the scenarios. In the short run, only elementary occupation workers benefit from a decrease in unemployment; for the rest, unemployment rises.en© 2016 Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC). This is an electronic version of an article published in Development Southern Africa, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 186-202, 2016. doi :10.1080/0376835X.2015.1120650. Development Southern Africa is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/cdsa20.Fiscal policiesEmploymentDynamic computable general equilibrium modelInfrastructure scale upExternalitiesSouth Africa (SA)Postprint Article