Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "Employment"
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Cape Town's African poor
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)The typical ‘face of poverty’ in South Africa is no longer that of a rural woman engaged in subsistence agricultural production. Poverty today also refers to the large number of unemployed men who wait daily in vain on ... -
Developmental social policies for the poor in South Africa: Exploring options to enhance impacts?
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)Options to enhance the developmental impact of South Africa’s comprehensive suite of social protection policies have attracted considerable research and policy interest. The country’s society safety nets appear to be ... -
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 ... -
Evidence from three models of land and agricultural commercialisation: Impacts on local livelihoods in Zambia
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)Zambia needs to undergo structural transformation triggered by increased agricultural and rural labour productivity if it is to achieve improved growth and broad-based poverty reduction. The current experience, however, ... -
Exploring the contribution of universities to labour market requirements in South Africa: An employer's perspective
(SAGE Publications, 2021)Organisations function in a flexible and changing environment that requires dynamic responses to diverse forces influencing their sustainability and growth. Employers wish to recruit graduates who can capably and successfully ... -
Investigating volunteer activities in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)This is the first South African study that analysed all three availablewaves of Statistics South Africa’s Volunteer Activities Survey data,which was linked to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey in the third quarter of the ... -
Job creation in agriculture, forestry and fisheries in South Africa: An analysis of employment trends, opportunities and constraints in forestry and wood products industries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2018-04)This report is one of five studies of opportunities and constraints related to employment creation in rural South Africa, with a view towards informing policy. South African forestry and wood products industries are well ... -
Macroeconomic immigration determinants: An analysis of ‘pull’ factors of international migration to South Africa
(SIHMA, 2015)This research empirically examines the macroeconomic determinants of ‘pull’ factors of international migration in South Africa. Using the neoclassical economic model of international migration, an Ordinary Least Square ... -
Plantation, outgrower and medium-scale commercial farming in Ghana: which model provides better prospects for local development?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape and Future Agricultures Consortium, 2016)African governments are making important policy choices in their quest to modernise agriculture, with some promoting largescale farming on plantations while others promote small- or medium-scale commercial farming. -
Space, markets and employment in agricultural development: Malawi
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)Agriculture plays a significant role in Malawi’s national economy, contributing 35% to gross domestic product, 90% to foreign exchange earnings and providing employment to more than 80% of the labour force. Particularly ... -
Space, markets and employment in agricultural development: South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)Growth in the agricultural sector has long been assumed to automatically benefit the rural non-farm sector, mainly through production or consumption ‘linkages’, including expenditure by farmers and their workers. However ... -
Space, markets and employment in agricultural development: Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)Growth in the agricultural sector has long been assumed to automatically benefit the rural non-farm sector, chiefly through various production or consumption expenditure ‘linkages’ including local expenditure by farmers ... -
A synthesis of evidence from four local municipality studies: Sakhisizwe Local Municipality – Eastern Cape, Nkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality – KwaZulu-Natal, Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality – Limpopo, Matzikama Local Municipality – Western Cape
(2020-03-31)This paper sets out to provide an accessible summary of the key findings which have emerged from the extensive research conducted as part of a project to develop a draft policy framework for employment intensive land reform. ... -
Towards a national minimum wage: what do we know about wages and employment in agriculture?
(2014)• Agriculture is a good sector to learn from when considering a national minimum wage because: – It is historically a low-wage sector – It has been shedding jobs – It is enormously diverse – A minimum wage was introduced ... -
Towards universal health coverage: Exploring the determinants of household enrolment into National Health Insurance in the Kassena Nankana District, Ghana
(Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, University for Development studies, 2015)This study investigates the determinants of household participation in National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Kassena-Nankana District in Ghana. In order to achieve this purpose, a cross-sectional survey was used ... -
Working-class postgraduates’ perceptions of studying while working at a selected university
(AOSIS, 2022)The life of working-class postgraduates can be exhilarating and daunting, juggling the commitments of full-time employment and postgraduate studies. Insofar as can be established, little, if any, research has been conducted ... -
Youth unemployment in South Africa revisited
(Taylor Francis, 2013)One of the most pressing socio-economic problems of the South African economy is high youth unemployment. Recent studies only briefly examined how the youths fared since the transition by comparing the 1995 October Household ...