Browsing 2000 - 2009 by Subject "Unemployment"

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Browsing 2000 - 2009 by Subject "Unemployment"

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  • Education and youth unemployment in South Africa 
    Lam, David; Leibbrandt, Murray; Mlatsheni, Cecil (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2008-09)
    The problem of high youth unemployment is a global phenomenon. According to an International Labour Office study in 2004, youth (15-24) make up nearly half (47%) of the world"s unemployed, 88 million out of 186 million, ...
  • Labor supply responses to large social transfers: Longitudinal evidence from South Africa 
    Ardington, Cally; Case, Anne; Hosegood, Victoria (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2007-12)
    In many parts of the developing world, rural areas exhibit high rates of unemployment and underemployment. Understanding what prevents people living in rural areas from migrating to find better jobs is central to the ...
  • Social Networks, Employment and Worker Discouragement: Evidence from South Africa 
    Godlonton, Susan; Burns, Justine (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2006-10)
    Social networks are increasingly being recognised as having an important influence on labour market outcomes, since they facilitate the exchange of job related information. Access to information about job opportunities as ...
  • Utilisation of Commonages for Sustainable Tourism Opportunities for the Poor in Namaqualand, South Africa 
    Govender-Van Wyk, S.; Wilson, D. (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2006-09)
    This paper investigates the impact of livestock farming on rural livelihoods on redistributed commonage land in Namaqualand post-1994. The paper contends that farming has been declining for decades, where its contribution ...

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