Browsing by Author "Yu, Derek"
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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 ... -
Deconstructing ‘the foreign’: The limits of citizenship for explaining price competition in the Spaza sector in South Africa
Piper, Laurence; Yu, Derek (Taylor & Francis, 2016)An important component of the informal economy in South Africa, the Spaza sector is portrayed as dominated by foreign nationals who outcompete South African shopkeepers on price. Indeed, this business competition from ... -
Defining and measuring time poverty in South Africa
Nackerdien, Faeez; Yu, Derek (Routledge, 2023)This study primarily adopted the absolute approach to examine time poverty in South Africa by analysing the 2000 and 2010 Time Use Survey data. The findings indicated that absolute time-poor individuals were predominantly ... -
Defining and measuring time poverty in South Africa
Nackerdien, Faeez; Yu, Derek (Routledge, 2023)This study primarily adopted the absolute approach to examine time poverty in South Africa by analysing the 2000 and 2010 Time Use Survey data. The findings indicated that absolute time-poor individuals were predominantly ... -
Educational attainment and intergenerational social mobility in SA
Yu, Derek; Louw, Megan; van der Berg, Servaas (World Bank Group, 2005)To a large degree, the notoriously high levels of income inequality in\nSouth Africa have their roots in differential access to wage-earning opportunities in the labour market, which in turn are influenced by family ... -
Employed yet poor: Low-wage employment and workingpoverty in South Africa
Feder, Jade; Yu, Derek (Taylor and Francis Group, 2020)Working poverty exists worldwide and has shown an increase inprevalence over the past few decades. Over the years, there hasbeen an increase in the number and severity of low-wageemployment, which in turn contributes ... -
Examining the performance of the South African economics departments, 2005-2014
Yu, Derek; Kasongo, Atoko; Moses, Mariana (Wiley, 2017)This study examines the teaching and research activities of 17 Economics Departments in 2005-2014 by consulting the information from each university’s faculty prospectus, publication in accredited local and international ... -
Exploring student engagement practices at a South African university : student engagement as reliable predictor of academic performance
Schreiber, Birgit; Yu, Derek (Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2016)Student engagement is one avenue to explore how the experiences within and beyond the classroom impact student persistence behaviours. This article contributes to the sparse research in South Africa on the correlates of ... -
Exploring student engagement practices at a South African university: student engagement as reliable predictor of academic performance
Schreiber, B.; Yu, Derek (SUN, 2016)Student engagement is one avenue to explore how the experiences within and beyond the classroom impact student persistence behaviours. This article contributes to the sparse research in South Africa on the correlates of ... -
Exploring the eligibility criteria of the child support grant and its impact on poverty
Beukes, Rochelle; Jansen, Ada; Moses, Mariana; Yu, Derek (Springer Verlag, 2017)One of the most important policy objectives in the post-apartheid South African economy is to reduce poverty. Although economic growth and job creation are the preferred sources of alleviating poverty and inequality, social ... -
Exploring the influence of students’ Matric Accounting knowledge on the successful completion of a BCom Accounting mainstream degree: A comparative study at a university in the Western Cape
Williams, Badrunessa; dos Reis, K.; Yu, Derek (Stellenbosch University, 2022)Studies conducted nationally found that students with Matric Accounting knowledge performed significantly better than students without it in university-level Accounting modules (Baard, Steenkamp, and Kidd 2010; Papageorgiou ... -
Factors explaining the academic success of second-year economics students: an exploratory analysis
Horn, Petronella; Jansen, Ada; Yu, Derek (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2011)Factors influencing the academic success of first-year economics students have been intensely researched. Lecture and tutorial attendance, age, gender, as well as matriculation results have been identified as significant ... -
Factors influencing the comparability of poverty estimates across household surveys
Yu, Derek (Taylor & Francis group, 2016)The South African existing literature on poverty mainly adopted the money-metric approach to examine poverty levels and trends since the advent of democracy. In general, poverty increased until the end of the 1990s, ... -
How invariant is South African child poverty to the choice of equivalence scale or poverty measure?
Yu, Derek; Streak, Judith (Stellenbosch University, 2008)This paper offers evidence on the sensitivity of child poverty in South Africa to changes in the Adult Equivalence Scale (AES) and updates the child poverty profile based on the Income and Expenditure Survey 2005/06. ... -
The impact of inter-provincial migration on the labor market outcomes in two developed provinces in South Africa
Yu, Derek; Kleinhans, Joseph (2020)This study used the South African Census 2011 data to examine the impact of interprovincial migration on the labor market outcomes in the Western Cape and Gauteng, the two most developed and popular inter-provincial ... -
Improving the targeting of zero-rated basic foodstuffs under value added tax (VAT) in South Africa - An exploratory analysis
Yu, Derek; Jansen, Ada; Stoltz, Elizabeth (Stellenbosch University, 2012)VAT without any exemptions or zero-rating is regressive. Since the inception of VAT in South Africa, there has been an ongoing debate around the issue of zero-rating to alleviate the burden on poor households. This paper ... -
Investigating factors influencing class attendance and performance of first-year economics students
Swanepoel, Christie; Beukes, Roelf; Yu, Derek (Stellenbosch University, 2021)The academic success of first-year Economics students has been examined in many South African studies in Economic Education. These studies controlled for differences in demographic characteristics, last school examination ...