Youth employment in the Cape Town area: Insights from the Cape Area Panel Study

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dc.contributor.advisorLeibbrandt, Murrayen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorLam, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLekena, Mamelloen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-28T05:31:18Z
dc.date.available2015-10-28T05:31:18Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 37-39).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn South Africa today, one of the most urgent economic, social and political challenges is the extraordinarily high and increasing level of unemployment. While the economy has been growing steadily, unemployment levels have continued to rise. A large part of the problem is the fact that the number of new entrant~ outstrips the creation of new jobs (Ashton, 2005; Chichelo et aI., 2003). Since most of the new entrants are people making the transition from school and other education institutions into the labour market, it is not surprising that the problem of unemployment is more severe among the youth. Young people as a group are disproportionately affected by unemployment - whereas the unemployment level for adults is in the region of 26%, the rate for youth is 50%, while 58% of the unemployed are young people (Mlatsheni & Rosphabe, 2002). This paper looks at the factors that affect employment among the youth in the Cape Town area. Using data from the 2002 and 2004 waves of the Cape Area Panel Study, cross-sectional and panel probit regressions have been employed to investigate the role of individual, household and schooling characteristics in the probability of employment. The results suggest that although household income and the presence of employed people in the household were important in a cross-sectional setting, previous labour market experiences were more important in a dynamic setting. While quantity of schooling is found to be very import ant, the impact of quality of schooling could not be determined. The usual race and gender patterns in employment were found.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLekena, M. (2006). <i>Youth employment in the Cape Town area: Insights from the Cape Area Panel Study</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14385en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLekena, Mamello. <i>"Youth employment in the Cape Town area: Insights from the Cape Area Panel Study."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14385en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLekena, M. 2006. Youth employment in the Cape Town area: Insights from the Cape Area Panel Study. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Lekena, Mamello AB - In South Africa today, one of the most urgent economic, social and political challenges is the extraordinarily high and increasing level of unemployment. While the economy has been growing steadily, unemployment levels have continued to rise. A large part of the problem is the fact that the number of new entrant~ outstrips the creation of new jobs (Ashton, 2005; Chichelo et aI., 2003). Since most of the new entrants are people making the transition from school and other education institutions into the labour market, it is not surprising that the problem of unemployment is more severe among the youth. Young people as a group are disproportionately affected by unemployment - whereas the unemployment level for adults is in the region of 26%, the rate for youth is 50%, while 58% of the unemployed are young people (Mlatsheni & Rosphabe, 2002). This paper looks at the factors that affect employment among the youth in the Cape Town area. Using data from the 2002 and 2004 waves of the Cape Area Panel Study, cross-sectional and panel probit regressions have been employed to investigate the role of individual, household and schooling characteristics in the probability of employment. The results suggest that although household income and the presence of employed people in the household were important in a cross-sectional setting, previous labour market experiences were more important in a dynamic setting. While quantity of schooling is found to be very import ant, the impact of quality of schooling could not be determined. The usual race and gender patterns in employment were found. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Youth employment in the Cape Town area: Insights from the Cape Area Panel Study TI - Youth employment in the Cape Town area: Insights from the Cape Area Panel Study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14385 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14385
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLekena M. Youth employment in the Cape Town area: Insights from the Cape Area Panel Study. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14385en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleYouth employment in the Cape Town area: Insights from the Cape Area Panel Studyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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