Labour market transitions in South Africa: What can we learn from matched Labour Force Survey data?

dc.creatorRanchhod, Vimal
dc.creatorDinkelman, Taryn
dc.date2012-12-03T12:05:36Z
dc.date2012-12-03T12:05:36Z
dc.date2007-12
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:05:03Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:05:03Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionWe generate a longitudinal dataset using the rotating panel component of the nationally representative Labour Force Surveys from 2001 to 2003. We then estimate the transition probabilities across different labour market states over a six month period. We find that unemployed searchers are more likely to find employment than the non-searching unemployed. Informal sector workers are more likely to find formal sector employment than the searching unemployed. Whites are more likely to find and remain in formal sector jobs. However, some part of the Black-White unemployment gap arises from unemployed Whites leaving the labour force at a higher rate.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/40
dc.identifier.ris TY - Report DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Longitudinal data KW - LFS KW - Informal sector KW - Employment KW - Non-searching unemployed LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Labour market transitions in South Africa: What can we learn from matched Labour Force Survey data? TI - Labour market transitions in South Africa: What can we learn from matched Labour Force Survey data? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/40 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/40
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.subjectLongitudinal data
dc.subjectLFS
dc.subjectInformal sector
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectNon-searching unemployed
dc.titleLabour market transitions in South Africa: What can we learn from matched Labour Force Survey data?
dc.typeReport
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceSALDRU Reporten_ZA
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