Strategies of the unemployed: does moving allow the unemployed to get ahead?

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dc.contributor.advisorLeibbrandt, Murrayen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorWoolard, Ingriden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorEbrahim, Aminaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-17T10:08:22Z
dc.date.available2014-10-17T10:08:22Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the survival strategies of the unemployed using the balanced panel sample of the first three waves of the National Income Dynamics Study (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit [SALDRU], 2013c). We find that in response to unemployment and almost no unemployment insurance, unemployed individuals look to parents, relatives and friends for economic support. In many cases the unemployed delay setting up their own households while others may move back to family households when faced with persistent unemployment. We use a probit model to show that the unemployed who move in a successive wave are more likely to be employed. The effect of moving on employment status remains significant and positive when we take into account household and individual characteristics. Moving does allow the unemployed to get ahead.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationEbrahim, A. (2014). <i>Strategies of the unemployed: does moving allow the unemployed to get ahead?</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8516en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationEbrahim, Amina. <i>"Strategies of the unemployed: does moving allow the unemployed to get ahead?."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8516en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEbrahim, A. 2014. Strategies of the unemployed: does moving allow the unemployed to get ahead?. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Ebrahim, Amina AB - This paper examines the survival strategies of the unemployed using the balanced panel sample of the first three waves of the National Income Dynamics Study (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit [SALDRU], 2013c). We find that in response to unemployment and almost no unemployment insurance, unemployed individuals look to parents, relatives and friends for economic support. In many cases the unemployed delay setting up their own households while others may move back to family households when faced with persistent unemployment. We use a probit model to show that the unemployed who move in a successive wave are more likely to be employed. The effect of moving on employment status remains significant and positive when we take into account household and individual characteristics. Moving does allow the unemployed to get ahead. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Strategies of the unemployed: does moving allow the unemployed to get ahead? TI - Strategies of the unemployed: does moving allow the unemployed to get ahead? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8516 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8516
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationEbrahim A. Strategies of the unemployed: does moving allow the unemployed to get ahead?. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8516en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleStrategies of the unemployed: does moving allow the unemployed to get ahead?en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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