An analysis of formal sector employment in South Africa: Its implications for poverty and future economic strategies

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dc.creatorAbedian, Iraj
dc.creatorSchneier, Steffen
dc.date2013-02-28T15:19:31Z
dc.date2013-02-28T15:19:31Z
dc.date1987
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:15Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:15Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionAlthough poverty may be most extreme among those without formal sector employment and hence incomes, it also extends to large numbers of wage earners. Thus attempts to alleviate poverty usually emphasize employment generation or increases in real wages, or both. In approaching the problem from a policy perspective, we need to understand the various processes underway as these are important in determining the type of strategies that should be adopted to combat the problem.
dc.descriptionEmployment, poverty alleviation
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/571
dc.identifier.ris TY - Report DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Employment KW - Poverty KW - Wages KW - Unemployment KW - Income LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - An analysis of formal sector employment in South Africa: Its implications for poverty and future economic strategies TI - An analysis of formal sector employment in South Africa: Its implications for poverty and future economic strategies UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/571 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/571
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectWages
dc.subjectUnemployment
dc.subjectIncome
dc.titleAn analysis of formal sector employment in South Africa: Its implications for poverty and future economic strategies
dc.typeReport
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceSALDRU Reporten_ZA
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