Examining the labour market outcome of volunteer workers

Abstract

As democracy cracked the gloom of Apartheid, South Africa has experienced economic transformations; however, unemployment is still an Achilles heel that cripples the labour market. This study examined the labour market outcome of volunteer workers. Overall, volunteering individuals have experienced changes on the employed and unemployed side. This study analysed the three (2010, 2014 and 2018) available waves of the under-utilised Statistics South Africa’s Volunteer Activities Survey (VAS) data, which is linked to the Quarterly Labour Force, to investigate the activities of the volunteers and their outcomes in the labour market.