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    • Alternative definitions of informal sector employment in South Africa 

      Yu, Derek; Essop, Hassan (Stellenbosch University, 2008)
      Before the introduction of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) in 2008, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has been using the same methodology to derive the informal sector employment throughout the years, focusing ...
    • The comparability of income and expenditure surveys 1995, 2000 and 2005/2006 

      Yu, Derek (Stellenbosch University, 2017)
      The Income and Expenditure Survey (IES) conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) between September 2005 and August 2006 was the third of its kind, after similar surveys in October 1995 and October 2000. The main ...
    • The comparability of labour force survey (LFS) and quarterly labour force survey (QLFS) 

      Yu, Derek (Stellenbosch University, 2009)
      Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has been collecting labour market data since 1993 with the October Household Survey (OHS), which was conducted annually between 1993 and 1999, as well as the Labour Force Survey (LFS), ...
    • The comparability of the statistics South Africa October household surveys and labour force surveys 

      Yu, Derek (Stellenbosch University, 2017)
      Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has been collecting labour market data with household surveys and in a fairly comparable format since 1993. These datasets have been studied and compared extensively in order to better ...
    • Poverty and inequality trends in South Africa using different survey data 

      Yu, Derek (Stellenbosch University, 2010)
      There is an abundance of literature adopting the monetary approach (i.e., using per capita income or expenditure variables) to derive poverty and inequality trends for South Africa since the transition. The most commonly ...
    • Revisiting unemployment levels and trends in South Africa since the transition 

      Yu, Derek (Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)
      Many recent studies compared the 1995 October Household Survey (OHS) with the latest available Labour Force Survey (LFS) to derive the unemployment ‘trends’ in South Africa since the transition, but this approach only ...
    • The South African informal sector (1997 – 2006) 

      Yu, Derek; Essop, Hassan (Stellenbosch University, 2008)
      According to the 2006 September Labour Force Survey, approximately 22% of the employed (excluding domestic workers and agricultural employment) are engaged in informal sector activities as their main work to sustain ...
    • Urban poverty in Cape Town 

      de Swardt, Cobus; Puoane, Thandi; Chopra, Mickey; du Toit, Andries (Sage Publications, 2005)
      This paper describes key findings of a household livelihood survey conducted in impoverished African settlements in Cape Town, one of Africa’s wealthiest cities. Poverty in these areas is strongly shaped by the history ...