How the old age pension is helping young people from rural areas find jobs
| dc.creator | Ardington, Cally | |
| dc.creator | Hofmeyr, Clare | |
| dc.date | 2015-04-07T06:48:05Z | |
| dc.date | 2015-04-07T06:48:05Z | |
| dc.date | 2014-07 | |
| dc.description | It is important to know whether a social grant such as the old age pension eases financial constraints in rural areas, thereby allowing young men to migrate to urban areas for work – or whether these grants encourage idleness and dependency. This study finds no evidence of the latter. Instead, for young rural males there is an increase in their chances of migrating and finding work when a member of the household starts receiving the pension. Notably, these effects are only present for young men with at least a matric. | |
| dc.identifier | Ardington, C. & Hofmeyr, C. (2014). How the old age pension is helping young people from rural areas find jobs, Econ3x3 Brief, | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.econ3x3.org/article/how-old-age-pension-helping-young-people-rural-areas-find-jobs | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11090/774 | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Other DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Pension KW - Youth unemployment KW - Rural youth KW - Job search LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - T1 - How the old age pension is helping young people from rural areas find jobs TI - How the old age pension is helping young people from rural areas find jobs UR - ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Econ3x3 | |
| dc.publisher.department | SALDRU | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | Pension | |
| dc.subject | Youth unemployment | |
| dc.subject | Rural youth | |
| dc.subject | Job search | |
| dc.title | How the old age pension is helping young people from rural areas find jobs | |
| dc.type | Other |