Browsing by Subject "J64"

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    Demographic, Community and Macroeconomic Effects on Disability Grant Programme Participation
    (2012-12) Mutasa, George
    This paper investigates the role of demographic, community and macroeconomic effects on Disability Grant programme (DGP) participation. The study descriptively analyses demographic patterns of the disability grant (DG) beneficiaries using data from the 2002 to 2007 rounds of the General Household Survey (GHS). The decision to participate in the programme is empirically examined by probit techniques using data drawn from the 2007 wave of the GHS.
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    Disability Grant and Individual Labour Force Participation: The Case of South Africa
    (2012-12) Mutasa, George
    Despite the explosive growth in the number of people receiving disability benefits in South Africa, very little is known about the labour supply effects of the disability grant (DG). This study investigates the impact of disability grant receipt on labour force participation. Consideration is given to potential bias that may arise from unobserved confounding factors.
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    The Newly Unemployed and the UIF Take-up Rate in the South African Labour Market
    (2012-07) Bhorat, Haroon; Tseng, David
    This paper investigates the take-up rate or claim-waiting rate of the unemployed under the South African Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) system. The goal is to identify disincentive effects that income replacement rates (IRR) and accumulated credits may have on the claimant‟s behaviour in terms of their claim waiting period rate (or how quickly they apply for UIF benefits).