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Trends in poverty and inequality since the political transition
(Elsevier, 2006)Using a constructed data series and another data series based on the All Media and Products surveys (AMPS), this paper explores trends in poverty and income distribution over the post-transition period. To steer clear of ... -
Trends on the hours worked of the employed, 1997 – 2011
(ECONOMIC RESEARCH SOUTHERN AFRICA, 2012)This paper analyses trends in hours worked from South African household survey data for the period 1997 — 2011. The purpose of the paper is fourfold. First, the paper provides an overview on the trends in hours worked of ... -
Understanding the needs and challenges of a Black community in South Africa
(Routledge, 2017)This article reports on a study conducted with an unemployed group of community members residing in the Gugulethu Township in South Africa. The study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of their needs and challenges, ... -
Wage trends in post-apartheid South Africa: Constructing an earnings series from household survey data
(University of Cape Town, 2007)This paper examines South African wage earnings trends using all the available post-1994 household survey datasets. This allows us to identify and address the sources of data inconsistencies across surveys in order to ... -
Wage trends in post-apartheid South Africa: Constructing an earnings series from household survey data
(South African Reserve Bank, 2006)Recent research on South African labour-market trends has suggested that workers have, on average, experienced a substantial decrease in their real wage earnings in the post-apartheid era. This paper will show that ... -
What explains the academic success of second-year economics students? An exploratory analysis
(Stellenbosch University, 2008)The factors influencing academic success of first-year Economics students have received much attention from researchers. Very little attention, however, has been given to the determinants of success of senior Economics ... -
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 ...