Double Trouble: Gender and Disability in the South African Labour Market
| dc.contributor.advisor | Burns, Justin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mcgregor, Alexei | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-13T15:45:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-13T15:45:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-13T12:20:54Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Persons with disability often live on the margins of society, experiencing barriers to both labour market participation and employment. This dissertation considers the nature and magnitude of the barriers facing persons with disability within South Africa’s labour market. Three important points are found. Firstly, careful consideration must be given to defining and measuring disability. If this is not done, results may be seriously biased. Secondly, the barriers to labour market participation faced by those with disability are substantial, and larger than the barriers to employment. Thirdly, disabled women are disadvantaged due to both their gender and disability status, referred to as ‘double discrimination’. However, disability is a larger constraint in terms of participation among males with disability than females with disability, relative to their abled counterparts. Although disability is important, gender is the primary reason for low participation and employment among disabled women. This has important implications for South African policy design and implementation. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Mcgregor, A. (2018). <i>Double Trouble: Gender and Disability in the South African Labour Market</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29510 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mcgregor, Alexei. <i>"Double Trouble: Gender and Disability in the South African Labour Market."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29510 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mcgregor, A. 2018. Double Trouble: Gender and Disability in the South African Labour Market. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mcgregor, Alexei AB - Persons with disability often live on the margins of society, experiencing barriers to both labour market participation and employment. This dissertation considers the nature and magnitude of the barriers facing persons with disability within South Africa’s labour market. Three important points are found. Firstly, careful consideration must be given to defining and measuring disability. If this is not done, results may be seriously biased. Secondly, the barriers to labour market participation faced by those with disability are substantial, and larger than the barriers to employment. Thirdly, disabled women are disadvantaged due to both their gender and disability status, referred to as ‘double discrimination’. However, disability is a larger constraint in terms of participation among males with disability than females with disability, relative to their abled counterparts. Although disability is important, gender is the primary reason for low participation and employment among disabled women. This has important implications for South African policy design and implementation. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Double Trouble: Gender and Disability in the South African Labour Market TI - Double Trouble: Gender and Disability in the South African Labour Market UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29510 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29510 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mcgregor A. Double Trouble: Gender and Disability in the South African Labour Market. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29510 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | School of Economics | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject.other | Economics | |
| dc.title | Double Trouble: Gender and Disability in the South African Labour Market | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MCom |