Winners and losers: South African labour market dynamics between 2008 and 2010

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dc.creatorCichello, Paul
dc.creatorLeibbrandt, Murray
dc.creatorWoolard, Ingrid
dc.date2014-06-04T12:46:00Z
dc.date2014-06-04T12:46:00Z
dc.date2014
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:36Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:36Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThere is little empirical work in South Africa using panel data to describe employment and earnings dynamics. This paper contributes by describing labour-market transitions in South Africa between 2008 and 2010 for individuals aged 20 to 55 across two waves of nationally representative panel data. We find that women had more mobility than men into and out of the labour market and employment. However, women were less mobile between kinds of employment and across occupations. Casual employment was very unstable, with very few individuals remaining in this state. In contrast, there was little mobility out of regular employment into other kinds of employment. Average real earnings changes were positive for movements into regular employment and negative for movements into self-employment or casual employment. Strong movement out of semi-skilled occupations was striking, especially for males. In multivariate models, being the mother of young children was important in leaving regular employment.
dc.identifierCichello, P., Leibbrandt, M. & Woolard, I. (2014). Winners and Losers: South African labour market dynamics between 2008 and 2010, Development Southern Africa 31(1): 65-84
dc.identifierhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0376835X.2013.853612#.UxXt9fm4XzI
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/701
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - NIDS KW - Employment KW - Earnings KW - Labour market KW - Panel data analysis KW - Mobility LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Winners and losers: South African labour market dynamics between 2008 and 2010 TI - Winners and losers: South African labour market dynamics between 2008 and 2010 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/701 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/701
dc.languageen
dc.publisherDevelopment Southern Africa
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectNIDS
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectEarnings
dc.subjectLabour market
dc.subjectPanel data analysis
dc.subjectMobility
dc.titleWinners and losers: South African labour market dynamics between 2008 and 2010
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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