Browsing by Subject "Informal sector"
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Alternative definitions of informal sector employment in South Africa
(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 ... -
Employed yet poor: Low-wage employment and workingpoverty in South Africa
(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 ... -
The employment history of day labourers in South Africa and the income they earn - a case study of day labourers in Pretoria
(University of Pretoria, 2006)Introduction: With the opening up of the South African economy, following its successful democratisation and adherence to a strict programme of trade liberalisation, the number of highly-skilled (professionals, managers ... -
The informal sector’s role in food security: A missing link in policy debates?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-09)This paper aims to review what is currently known about the role played by the informal sector in general and informal retailers in particular, in the accessibility of food in South Africa. The review seeks to identify ... -
Investigation of the youth informal entrepreneurship landscape in South Africa
(Unisa Press, 2022)The South African economy is characterised by high and continuously rising youth unemployment levels and rates. While countervailing interventions have been attempted in the formal sector, support for youth employment and ... -
Money and sociality in South Africa's informal economy
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)This article examines the interplay of agency, culture and context in order to consider the social embeddedness of money and trade at the margins of South Africa’s economy. Focusing on small-scale, survivalist informal ... -
The myth of livelihoods through urban mining: The case of e-waste pickers in Cape Town
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)Waste pickers are widely acknowledged as an integral part of the formal and informal economy, diverting waste into the secondary resource economy through urban mining. Urban mining in itself is considered to be a source ... -
A panel data analysis of the formal-informal sector labour market linkages in South Africa
(Routledge, 2019)This study explores the labour market linkages between the informal and formal sectors, using the first four waves of the National Income Dynamics Study data. The main focus is on three groups of employed: worked in the ... -
Resituating Africa’s urban informal food sector
(Spinger, 2019)The complex dynamics of the informal food sector in urban Africa are poorly understood. Urban informal food systems are beginning to receive attention from scholars and policymakers, but the notable absence of detailed ... -
The role and linkages of buy-back centres in the recycling industry: Pretoria and Bloemfontein (South Africa)
(University of Johannesburg, 2012)Purpose/objectives: The aim of this paper is to get a better understanding of the role and linkages of buy-back centres (BBCs) in the recycling industry. The first objective is to analyse the institutional profile of the ... -
Self-employment in South Africa’s informal sector: Prevalence, prospects and policy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)This text describes research undertaken to investigate small-scale self-employment at the margins of the South African economy. Despite high levels of poverty and unemployment South Africa’s informal sector is, by ... -
Skills-related underemployment amongst South Africa's informally employed and self-employed: A case study of Potchefstroom
(AOSIS, 2020)Mainstream development theory views the informal sector as a shock absorber in an economic crisis. South Africa’s informal sector is smaller than that of many developing countries and very little research has investigated ... -
The South African informal sector (1997 – 2006)
(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 ... -
Systematic review of the literature on ‘informal economy’ and ‘food security’: South Africa, 2009-2014
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-07)Despite the importance of the informal food economy in fulfilling the daily and weekly food needs of a large proportion of South Africa’s low-income population, it appears little research exists on the exact nature of ... -
What price cheap goods? Survivalists, informalists and competition in the township retail grocery trade
(PLAAS, 2019-08-31)About 54% of South Africa’s township microenterprises trade in food or drink. More than two-thirds of these are grocery retail businesses in the form of spaza shops and smaller ‘house shops’. These are the predominant ...