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- ItemOpen AccessConsumer Price Inflation across the Income Distribution in South Africa(2008-02) Oosthuizen, MorneThis policy document was compiled based on the DPRU Working Paper 07/129, Consumer Price Inflation across the Income Distribution in South Africa by Morné Oosthuizen. Funding for this research from the United Nations Development Programme and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung is hereby gratefully acknowledged.
- ItemOpen AccessConsumer Price Inflation across the Income Distribution in South Africa(2007-11) Oosthuizen, MorneBy monitoring the price changes experienced by some representative household, consumer price indices provide an important measure of changing purchasing power within a given economy. Group price indices offer one method of more accurately reflecting the inflation experiences of specific types of households, such as poor households, elderly households or households with children, for example.
- ItemOpen AccessEconomists versus the Street: Comparative Viewpoints on Barriers to Self-employment in Khayelitsha, South Africa(2011-12) Cichello, Paul; Mncube, Liberty; Oosthuizen, Morne; Poswell, LauraWhat prevents the unemployed in Khayelitsha, South Africa from trying self-employment? Perceptions of a small group of academic economists are presented and compared to the perceptions of unemployed Khayelitsha residents themselves.
- ItemOpen AccessEstimating a poverty line: An application to free basic municipal services in South Africa(2011-10) Bhorat, Haroon; Oosthuizen, Morne; van der Westhuizen, CarleneOne of the key interventions aimed at improving the welfare of South African households has been local government's provision of a package of free basic services (FBS) to poor households. It is, however, not completely clear how different municipalities identify households which are eligible for FBS. Evidence suggests that many municipalities currently provide services to all households with a monthly income of less than R1500 per month.
- ItemOpen AccessExpected Labour Demands in South Africa 1998 - 2003(2003-08) Oosthuizen, MorneThe current misalignment of labour supply and demand in South Africa constitutes one of the factors that hold back the countrys economic growth. Consequently, efforts have recently been made to estimate future labour demand so that current policies are designed in such a way as to attempt to minimise the skills mismatch.
- ItemOpen AccessGraduate Unemployment in the Context of Skills Shortages, Education and Training: Findings from a Firm Survey(2006-11) Pauw, Kalie; Bhorat, Haroon; Goga, Sumayya; Ncube, Liberty; Oosthuizen, Morne; van der Westhuizen, CarleneThe paper reflects on the findings from a firm survey conducted among twenty of South Africa's largest firms across a range of sectors. The survey formed part of research conducted by the Development Policy Research Unit on graduate unemployment in South Africa.
- ItemOpen AccessGraduate Unemployment in the Face of Skill Shortages: A Labour Market Paradox(2006-11) Pauw, Kalie; Oosthuizen, Morne; van der Westhuizen, CarleneThere is consensus among analysts that South Africa's unemployment is structural in the sense that the unemployed generally possess lower skills than what is required in the marketplace. In the context of increasing demand for skilled workers due to technical progress and the need to become more competitive globally, graduate unemployment would be expected to fall.
- ItemOpen AccessGraduate Unemployment in the Face of Skills: A Labour Market Paradox(2007-09) Pauw, Kalie; Oosthuizen, Morne; van der Westhuizen, CarleneThis Policy Brief was compliled based on the DPRU Working Paper 06/114, Graduate Unemployment in the Face of Skills Shortages: A Labour Market Paradox researched by Kalie Pauw, Morné Oosthuizen and Carlene van der Westhuizen. The paper was commissione by Business Leadership and funded by Standard Bank.
- ItemOpen AccessInflation Inequality In South Africa(2013-10) Oosthuizen, MorneThe inflation crisis of 2008 drew greater attention to the varying experiences of inflation in South Africa and, in particular, to the fact that different groups within society may have significantly differing inflation experiences. The groups may be defined according to income level, but may also be categorised according to demographic, labour market and other characteristics.
- ItemOpen AccessInternal Migration to the Gauteng Province(2004-11) Oosthuizen, Morne; Naidoo, PranushkaGauteng, South Africa's economic powerhouse, has long been dependent on immigration to supply its labour requirements, a phenomenon deeply rooted in the province's early economic history and the development of mining and heavy industry. Although migration has contributed to the development of the province, it also poses challenges to the provincial government partly through the added burden on state-financed services and programmes.
- ItemOpen AccessMaximising South Africa's Demographic Dividend(2013-10) Oosthuizen, MorneBased on 2005 estimates of National Transfer Accounts for South Africa, this paper investigates the resource flows across ages within the generational economy. The paper provides estimates of the lifecycle deficit and describes the financing of the deficit. The final section of the paper discusses the first and second demographic dividends and looks at potential policy options that would help the country maximise the benefit that arises through the demographic transition.
- ItemOpen AccessPerceived Barriers to Entry into Self-employment in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Crime, Risk, and Start-up Capital Dominate Profit Concerns(2011) Cichello, Paul L; Almeleh, Colin; Mncube, Liberty; Oosthuizen, MorneIn South Africa, the broad unemployment rate for Africans has remained near or above forty percent for most of the last ten years. One critical reason is the relatively low level of employment in small-scale entrepreneurial work. This paper explores the factors that constrain individuals from engaging in self-employment activities in a large township in Cape Town. Crime is perceived to be the dominant hindrance to entering the micro-enterprise sector. A number of other hindrances, including capital constraints, transportation costs, and community jealousy, are on par or surpass concerns over profitability or government regulation. These findings are robust to a series of alternative ranking scheme.
- ItemOpen AccessThe Post-Apartheid Labour Market: 1995 - 2004(2006-02) Oosthuizen, MorneThis paper seeks to investigate some of the changes that have occurred within the South African labour market in the post-apartheid era between 1995 and 2004 and some of the challenges the labour market presents in the attainment of shared growth, updating previous work by Bhorat and Oosthuizen (2004).
- ItemOpen AccessThe Post-Apartheid South African Labour Market(2005-04) Oosthuizen, Morne; Bhorat, HaroonSince the demise of apartheid, the South African economy has undergone significant changes with the government implementing various policies aimed at redressing the injustices of the past, fleshing out the welfare system and improving competitiveness as the country becomes increasingly integrated into the global economy.
- ItemOpen AccessWomen in South African Labour Market, 1995 - 2005(2007-02) van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Goga, Sumayya; Oosthuizen, MorneThe objective of this report is to provide an overview of the changes in the status of women in the South African labour market between 1995 and 2005. The report finds that the feminisation of the South African labour force between 1995 and 2005 has been driven specifically by greater numbers of African women entering the labour force.
- ItemOpen AccessWomen in the South African Labour Market, 1995 - 2005(2007-08) van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Goga, Sumayya; Oosthuizen, MorneThis policy document was compiled based on the DPRU Working Paper 07/118, Women in the South African labour market, 1995-2005 by Carlene van der Westhuizen, Sumayya Goga and Morné Oosthuizen.