Employment, group membership and risk-pooling behaviour: field evidence from South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorKeswell, Malcolm
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-25T08:59:06Z
dc.date.available2016-04-25T08:59:06Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.updated2016-04-25T08:57:30Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the joint determination of social network membership and employment status in stochastic environments, using data from a new survey undertaken in KwaZulu Natal province as well as ethnographic evidence. The results show strong links between membership of social networks and employment. In particular, being a member of a ROSCA or community-based burial society smooths positive as well as negative shocks both intertemporally as well as across individual members. The results also show that having access to a stable income source such as a social pension enhances the employment probabilities of individuals who reside in households recently sujected to health shocks. Where access to such nonstochastic income is rare, membership of ROSCAs and community based burial societies is common.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKeswell, M. (2003). <i>Employment, group membership and risk-pooling behaviour: field evidence from South Africa</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19168en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKeswell, Malcolm <i>Employment, group membership and risk-pooling behaviour: field evidence from South Africa.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19168en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKeswell, M. (2003). Employment, group membership and risk-pooling behaviour: field evidence from South Africa. Centre for Social Science Research: University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Keswell, Malcolm AB - This paper analyses the joint determination of social network membership and employment status in stochastic environments, using data from a new survey undertaken in KwaZulu Natal province as well as ethnographic evidence. The results show strong links between membership of social networks and employment. In particular, being a member of a ROSCA or community-based burial society smooths positive as well as negative shocks both intertemporally as well as across individual members. The results also show that having access to a stable income source such as a social pension enhances the employment probabilities of individuals who reside in households recently sujected to health shocks. Where access to such nonstochastic income is rare, membership of ROSCAs and community based burial societies is common. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Employment, group membership and risk-pooling behaviour: field evidence from South Africa TI - Employment, group membership and risk-pooling behaviour: field evidence from South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19168 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19168
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKeswell M. Employment, group membership and risk-pooling behaviour: field evidence from South Africa. 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19168en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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