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An empirical investigation into the gendered informality and job search in the South African labour market
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The dissertation sets out to understand the ways in which gender inequality is maintained when women are disadvantaged in terms of access to better informal sector jobs, benefits from economic recovery ... -
Employment policy effects on firm dynamics : evidence from the South African labour market
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As South African policymakers strive to tackle low economic growth, poverty, unemployment, and inequality, the ability to unpack the effects of policy at a firm-level is key to the reformulation of more ... -
An investigation of the labour market determinants of income dynamics for a highly unequal society: The South African case
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : South Africa ranks as the country with the highest income inequality in the world. Inequality of labour market outcomes drives most of this inequality. Labour market success (or failure) is a crucial ... -
Spatial heterogeneity, generational change and childhood socioeconomic status : microeconometric solutions to South African labour market questions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Microeconometric techniques have improved understanding of South Africa’s labour market substantially in the last two decades. This dissertation adds to this evidence by considering three separate labour ... -
A structural approach to modelling South African labour market decisions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Youth unemployment is high in South Africa and especially high among black males. The slow absorption of young black males into the employment is somewhat surprising given that the descriptive statistics ...
