South African unemployment : a supply side analysis of the labour market

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dc.contributor.advisorLeibbrandt, Murrayen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWilson, James Ren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-03T03:31:45Z
dc.date.available2014-12-03T03:31:45Z
dc.date.issued1999en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 81-85.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study of South African unemployment approaches the problem from the supply side of the labour market. A descriptive analysis of South African unemployment is made first of all, using data from the 1995 October Household Survey. This is followed by a discussion of various important elements of the South African unemployment debate. An introduction to some theoretical and econometric considerations around labour supply modelling is then given, leading into a statistical and econometric analysis of the African labour supply decision using OHS 1995 data. In particular the labour supply process is split into three stages - participation, ability to find employment, and hours - and each stage analysed in detail using appropriate techniques, including probit and Tobit models for dichotomous and censored dependent variables. In terms of participation, wages are found to have a considerably larger association with female participation than with that of males, and non-wage income shows a very small negative relationship for both groups. Education is found to have a much larger influence on the ability of female participants to find employment than males, and the ability for males to find employment is strongly associated with aspects of location. In particular, the Eastern Cape and Northern Province are identified as regions where the chances of participants finding employment are greatly reduced. Finally, overall labour supply elasticities are found to be positive and inelastic for both males and females of the African population group.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWilson, J. R. (1999). <i>South African unemployment : a supply side analysis of the labour market</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9882en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWilson, James R. <i>"South African unemployment : a supply side analysis of the labour market."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9882en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWilson, J. 1999. South African unemployment : a supply side analysis of the labour market. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wilson, James R AB - This study of South African unemployment approaches the problem from the supply side of the labour market. A descriptive analysis of South African unemployment is made first of all, using data from the 1995 October Household Survey. This is followed by a discussion of various important elements of the South African unemployment debate. An introduction to some theoretical and econometric considerations around labour supply modelling is then given, leading into a statistical and econometric analysis of the African labour supply decision using OHS 1995 data. In particular the labour supply process is split into three stages - participation, ability to find employment, and hours - and each stage analysed in detail using appropriate techniques, including probit and Tobit models for dichotomous and censored dependent variables. In terms of participation, wages are found to have a considerably larger association with female participation than with that of males, and non-wage income shows a very small negative relationship for both groups. Education is found to have a much larger influence on the ability of female participants to find employment than males, and the ability for males to find employment is strongly associated with aspects of location. In particular, the Eastern Cape and Northern Province are identified as regions where the chances of participants finding employment are greatly reduced. Finally, overall labour supply elasticities are found to be positive and inelastic for both males and females of the African population group. DA - 1999 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1999 T1 - South African unemployment : a supply side analysis of the labour market TI - South African unemployment : a supply side analysis of the labour market UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9882 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9882
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWilson JR. South African unemployment : a supply side analysis of the labour market. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1999 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9882en_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.titleSouth African unemployment : a supply side analysis of the labour marketen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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