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The impact of inter-provincial migration on the labor market outcomes in two developed provinces in South Africa
(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 ...
Investigating factors influencing class attendance and performance of first-year economics students
(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 ...
Revisiting the COVID-19 vulnerability index in South Africa
(Routledge, 2021)
This study uses the Census 2011 and Community Survey 2016 data,
adopts the Alkire-Foster multidimensional poverty index (MPI)
approach and addresses numerous shortcomings of the original
Statistics South Africa method ...
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
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Defining and measuring time poverty in South Africa
(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 ...