The mystery of South Africa's ghost workers in 1996: measurement and mismeasurement in the manufacturing census, population census and October Household Surveys

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dc.creatorWittenberg, Martin
dc.date2013-10-03T16:34:29Z
dc.date2013-10-03T16:34:29Z
dc.date2004-12
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:26Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:26Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThis paper compares estimates of total manufacturing employment from South Africa's 1996 manufacturing census, the 1996 population census and the October Household Surveys from 1995, 1996 and 1997. Findings show that there are 300 000 too few manufacturing workers recorded in the 1996 population census. Furthermore there are other inconsistencies between these data sources. Several possible explanations for the deficit in manufacturing workers are put forward, but none are compelling. It is concluded that aggregate employment series constructed from household surveys should be treated with caution.
dc.descriptionThe assistance of the Data First Resource Unit, University of Cape Town, and in particular of Lynn Woolfrey and Matthew Welch, is gratefully acknowledged.
dc.identifier1-77011-029-1
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/651
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Measurement KW - Mismeasurement KW - Population Census KW - Manufacturing Census KW - October Household Surveys LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The mystery of South Africa's ghost workers in 1996: measurement and mismeasurement in the manufacturing census, population census and October Household Surveys TI - The mystery of South Africa's ghost workers in 1996: measurement and mismeasurement in the manufacturing census, population census and October Household Surveys UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/651 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/651
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCSSR and SALDRU
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationCSSR/SALDRU Working Paper;95
dc.subjectMeasurement
dc.subjectMismeasurement
dc.subjectPopulation Census
dc.subjectManufacturing Census
dc.subjectOctober Household Surveys
dc.titleThe mystery of South Africa's ghost workers in 1996: measurement and mismeasurement in the manufacturing census, population census and October Household Surveys
dc.typeWorking Paper
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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