Browsing by Author "van der Westhuizen, Carlene"

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    Analysing Wage Formation in the South African Labour Market: The Role of Bargaining Councils
    (2009-07) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Goga, Sumayya
    This policy document was compiled from the DPRU Working Paper 09/135, Analysing Wage Formation in the South African Labour Market: The Role of Bargaining Councils by Haroon Bhorat, Carlene van der Westhuizen and Sumayya Goga.
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    Analysing Wage Formation in the South African Labour Markets: The Role of Bargaining Councils
    (2009-01) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Goga, Sumayya
    The role of bargaining councils, the central pillar of collective bargaining in South Africa, in the formation of wages is important in the context of high unemployment rates in South Africa. In this study we find that while institutionalised collective bargaining system covered substantially more formal sector workers in 2005 (30 percent) compared to 1995 (15 percent), this still meant that less than a third of the formally employed were covered by bargaining councils.
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    Estimating a poverty line: An application to free basic municipal services in South Africa
    (2011-10) Bhorat, Haroon; Oosthuizen, Morne; van der Westhuizen, Carlene
    One 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.
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    Graduate 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, Carlene
    The 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.
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    Graduate Unemployment in the Face of Skill Shortages: A Labour Market Paradox
    (2006-11) Pauw, Kalie; Oosthuizen, Morne; van der Westhuizen, Carlene
    There 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.
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    Graduate Unemployment in the Face of Skills: A Labour Market Paradox
    (2007-09) Pauw, Kalie; Oosthuizen, Morne; van der Westhuizen, Carlene
    This 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.
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    Income and Non-Income Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa: What are the Drivers and Possible Policy Interventions
    (2010-01) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Jacobs, Toughedah
    The objectives of the study were the identification of the drivers of the increasing levels of inequality in South Africa, as well as the assessment of the impact and sustainability of policy interventions such as the provision of social grants.
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    Income and Non-Income Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa: What are the Drivers and Possible Policy Interventions?
    (2009-08) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Jacobs, Toughedah
    Analysis using data from the 1995 and 2000 Income and Expenditure Surveys has found a significant increase in income inequality over the period and, further, that this increase in inequality eroded any significant poverty-reduction gains from higher economic growth.
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    Institutional Wage Effects: Revisiting Union and Bargaining Council Wage Premia in South Africa
    (2011-12) Bhorat, Haroon; Goga, Sumayya; van der Westhuizen, Carlene
    The literature on the union wage gap in South Africa is extensive, spanning a range of datasets and methodologies. There is however little consensus on the appropriate method to correct for the endogeneity of union membership or the size of the union wage gap. Furthermore, there are very few studies on the bargaining council wage premium in South Africa due to lack of data on coverage of employees under these agreements.
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    Poverty, Inequality and the Nature of Economic Growth in South Africa
    (2012-11) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene
    The post-1994 period in the South African economy is characterised, perhaps most powerfully, by the fact that the economy recorded one of its longest periods of positive economic growth in the country's history. One of the more vexing issues within the economic policy terrain in post-apartheid South Africa though, has been the impact of this consistently positive growth performance on social welfare.
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    Shifts in Non-Income Welfare in South Africa: 1993 - 2004
    (2006-05) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Naidoo, Pranushka
    The aim of this study is to provide an analysis of the shifts in non-income welfare that have occurred over the period 1993 to 2004. This analysis serves as a complement to existing research which has focused on shifts in income poverty and inequality in the post-apartheid period. In addition, the study is one of only a few that provides a complete overview of the first decade of democracy by means of the comprehensive time period it covers.
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    A Synthesis of Current Issues in the Labour Regulatory Environment
    (2009-03) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene
    The project was commissioned to the Development Policy Research Unit (headed by Prof Haroon Bhorat at the University of Cape Town) and the Sociology of Work Unit (led by Prof Eddie Webster at the University of the Witwatersrand) under the auspices of the Human Sciences Research Council (led by Andre Kraak).
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    A Synthesis of Current Issues in the Labour Regulatory Environment
    (2009-02) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene
    During 2006 and 2007, a selection of research papers, in the main written by labour law experts, have provided critical input and guidance on the nature of the debate around the efficiency of the labour regulatory environment in South Africa.
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    Welfare Shifts in the Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Comprehensive Measurement of Changes
    (2007-10) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Goga, Sumayya
    The objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive measure of shifts in welfare in post-apartheid South Africa by examining changes in both income and non-income welfare between 1993 and 2005. Research considering the changes in non-income welfare in the post-apartheid South Africa has found significant increases in the levels of non-income welfare, driven to a large extend by the increased delivery of basic services by government since 1994.
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    Welfare Shifts in the Post-apartheid South Africa: A Comprehensive Measurement of Changes
    (2008-02) Bhorat, Haroon; van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Goga, Sumayya
    This policy document was compiled based on the DPRU Working Paper 07/128, Welfare Shifts in the Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Comprehensive Measurement of Changes by Haroon Bhorat, Carlene van der Westhuizen & Sumaya Goga. The paper was prepared as a report for Conflict and Governance Facility (a project of the National Treasury)
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    Women in South African Labour Market, 1995 - 2005
    (2007-02) van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Goga, Sumayya; Oosthuizen, Morne
    The 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.
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    Women in the South African Labour Market, 1995 - 2005
    (2007-08) van der Westhuizen, Carlene; Goga, Sumayya; Oosthuizen, Morne
    This 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.