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Functionality and comparative advantages among the provinces of South Africa: A location quotient analysis of employment distribution.
(University of Western Cape, 2019)
The purpose of the study is to examine the functions of provinces in South Africa and their respective comparative advantages from 2013 to 2017, in terms of employment absorption. It is predicted or assumed that there are ...
Employment demand, employability and the supply-side machinery : the case of the children of the liberation struggle of Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Over the past four years, growing volumes of media literature centre staged the Namibian economy with the dilemma of the ‘Children of the Liberation Struggle of Namibia’ (CoLSoN) in their resilient protest for employment. ...
Youth wage subsidy as a possible solution to youth unemployment in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
South Africa is characterised by its high and persistent level of unemployment, in particular
among the youth. The high youth unemployment is attributed to various reasons, ranging
from their lack of work experience, ...
Determinants of female labour force participation in South Africa in 2008
(2009)
South Africa’s female labour supply increased substantially over almost the past two decades. Female labour force participation is an imperative indication of the extent to which females participate in the economic activities ...
Is there a relation between the labour market regulation and the high unemployment rate in South Africa? an assessment of the south African labour market regulation
(2010)
This research paper is a review of the assertion by some commentators that the regulation of the labour market is a cause of the high unemployment rate in South Africa. It starts by providing a historical background of ...
Determinants of female labour force participation in South Africa in 2008
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This study employs the Human Capital Theory (HCT), which postulates that the education of women is positively related to the likelihood of their labour force participation, in order to investigate quarterly dynamics in the ...
Investigating the linkages between the formal and informal sector in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
There have been many studies focussing on informal sector in South Africa in the last 25 years. This paper adds to the wealth of research that has been conducted in this field. It examines the linkages between the formal ...
Investigating underemployment in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Labour economists in South Africa have extensively researched on almost all aspects of the unemployment phenomenon, specifically, the levels and extent of unemployment as well as the causes of unemployment have received a ...
Movement of Zimbabwean immigrants into, within and out of the farm labour market in Limpopo province South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This thesis presents findings from ethnographic research conducted over a period of 17 months
in the Blouberg and Molemole local municipalities of Capricorn District in Limpopo province
with the aim of exploring mobility ...
An application of synthetic panel data to poverty analysis in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
There is a wide-reaching consensus that data required for poverty analysis in developing countries are inadequate. Concerns have been raised on the accuracy and adequacy of household surveys, especially those emanating ...