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Africa's Jobs Challenge

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Naidoo, Karmen Date: Oct 2013 There is great opportunity for potential growth in Africa, however, there is also the increasing challenge of promoting growth that is job-creating. It is evident that the continent has much potential to achieve the long-term growth that is ... Read more c b n
Agricultural change and farmworker living standards in post-apartheid South Africa

Author: Le Roux, Leonard Date: 2019 Commercial agriculture in South Africa has been subject to accelerated regulatory and economic change in the time since the country’s democratization. This dissertation focusses on some of the interactions of these changes with the prospects ... Read more
Analysing Wage Formation in the South African Labour Market: The Role of Bargaining Councils

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; van der Westhuizen, Carlene ; Goga, Sumayya Date: Jul 2009 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. Read more c b n a
Analysing Wage Formation in the South African Labour Markets: The Role of Bargaining Councils

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; van der Westhuizen, Carlene ; Goga, Sumayya Date: Jan 2009 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 ... Read more c b n a
Are Wage Adjustments an Effective Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation? Some Simulations for Domestic and Farm Workers

Author: Bhorat, Haroon Date: Sep 2000 This paper utilises a basic simulation exercise to analyse the possible poverty and employment reducing effects, of instituting a minimum wage in the South African labour market. The simulation is undertaken for three groups of unskilled ... Read more c b n a
Assessing the effects of two agricultural minimum wage shocks in South Africa

Author: Van der Zee, Kirsten Date: 2017 In March of 2003, South Africa's first agricultural minimum wage was implemented. Ten years later, following major strikes and protests among farm workers in theWestern Cape, the prescribed agricultural minimum wage was increased by a ... Read more
Correlates of Vulnerability in the South African Labour Market

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: May 1999 Using the October Household Survey of 1995 (OHS95), this paper seeks to understand the determinants of indigence in the South African labour market. To this end the study presents a description of the labour market, focusing on how covariates ... Read more c b n a
The determinants and impact of short-term business insurance on SMEs in South Africa

Author: Rey, Angelique Date: 2012 South Africa is a developing country riddled with high levels of unemployment. SMEs hire more than 50% of the workforce, and therefore adequate protection and support of these firms is crucial. The goal of this research is twofold: Firstly, ... Read more
Developments in the South African credit market and analysis on indebted consumers using NIDS data

Author: Choonoo, Samantha Date: 2016 Household debt measures provide vital information regarding society's financial wellbeing. This paper uses a comparative static analysis approach to evaluate total and consumer debt at the household level using two waves of NIDS data relating ... Read more
Does a Child Penalty Exist in the Post-apartheid South African Labour Market?

Author: Magadla, Sibahle Siphokazi Sinalo Date: 2018 This study examines whether there exists a motherhood (or child) penalty for female employees in post-apartheid South Africa using three cross sections of data between 2001 and 2007. The Mincerian regression results indicate that a motherhood ... Read more
Does IEB make the grade? Alternative testing methods and educational outcomes: The case of the IEB in South Africa

Author: Hill, Robert Date: 2019 According to the Independent Examinations Board (IEB, 2015), students who write the IEB National Senior Certificate school-leaving exam are at a distinct advantage and seem to be better prepared for the pressures and challenges faced during ... Read more
Economic Complexity and the Potential for Green Growth in South Africa

Author: Wewege, Sarah Joy Date: 2020 South Africa's reintegration into the global economy post-1994 has not produced the expected levels of industrialisation and growth-enhancing structural transformation that has traditionally been achieved by developed countries in the past. ... Read more
Education and labor market outcomes in South Africa: evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study

Author: Kimani, Esther Mumbi Date: 2015 Existing literature is in agreement on the importance of education in the determination of labor market outcomes. Using data from South Africa's National Income Dynamics Study, this thesis explores this relationship. It does this firstly, by ... Read more
Employment and labour market trends

Author: McCord, Anna ; Bhorat, Haroon Date: 2003 Read more
Employment Outcomes and Returns to Earnings in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Mayet, Natasha Date: Dec 2012 This paper attempts to understand some of the key drivers of employment and earnings trends within the South African labour market in the 15 years following the demise of apartheid. A number of factors are discussed which feature in the ... Read more c b n
Employment, Wages and Skills Development: Firm-Specific Effects - Evidence from Two Firm Surveys in South Africa

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Lundall, Paul Date: Jun 2002 The paper explores the inter and intra firm dynamics that are instrumental in shaping the determination of skills training within the South African labour market. The essential starting point is to show that the size of the enterprise and ... Read more c b n a
Estimates for Poverty Alleviation in South Africa, with an Application to a Universal Income Grant

Author: Bhorat, Haroon Date: Apr 2003 Through the use of the standard tools of poverty analysis, this paper attempts to firstly measure the minimum financial contribution required from the state to eliminate poverty in the society. Secondly, we measure the absolute and relative ... Read more c b n a
Estimating a poverty line: An application to free basic municipal services in South Africa

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Oosthuizen, Morne ; van der Westhuizen, Carlene Date: Oct 2011 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 ... Read more c b n a
Estimating the Causal Effect of Enforcement on Minimum Wage Compliance : The Case of South Africa

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Kanbur, Ravi ; Mayet, Natasha Date: Dec 2011 This paper attempts to estimate the causal effect of government enforcement on compliance with minimum wages in South Africa, a country where considerable non-compliance exists. The number of labour inspectors per capita is used as a proxy ... Read more c b n a
Estimating the Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment, Wages and Non-wage Benefits: The Case of Agriculture in South Africa

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Kanbur, Ravi ; Stanwix, Benjamin Date: Jul 2012 Assessments of the impact of minimum wages on labour market outcomes in Africa are relatively rare. In part this is because the data available do not permit adequate treatment of econometric issues that arise in such an assessment. This paper ... Read more c b n

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