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Safety Valve or Sinkhole? Vocational Schooling in South Africa

Pugatch, Todd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

As an alternative to traditional academic schooling, vocational schooling in South Africa may serve as a safety valve … using a panel of urban youth in South Africa. I find support for the safety valve role of vocational schooling, with a small …

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Effect of Perceptions and Behaviour on Access to and Use of Financial Service: Evidence from South Africa

Annim, Samuel; Arun, Thankom Gopinath; Kostov, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered …

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Usage of Financial Services in South Africa: Perceptions Matter

Kostov, Philip; Arun, Thankom Gopinath; Annim, Samuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This study investigates the access to and usage of financial services in South Africa. Financial services are …

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The Unintended Consequences of Education Policies on South African Participation and Unemployment

Burger, Rulof; van der Berg, Servaas; von Fintel, Dieter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In the late 1990s the South African Department of Education implemented two policies that were meant to reduce the large number of over-age learners in the school system: schools were no longer allowed to accept students who were more than two years older than the correct grade-age and students...

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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector …

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The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel Data Evidence from South Africa

Kerr, Andrew; Teal, Francis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

use the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study data from South Africa, which show extremely large average earnings …

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Trends in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education among Black South Africans

Magejo, Prudence; Benhura, Miracle; Gwatidzo, Tendai - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper investigates trends in intergenerational transmission of education among black South Africans – changes in correlation between parents' and children's education. Using data for 1954-1993 birth cohorts, we find a decrease in intergenerational transmission of education over the last...

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A Theory of Efficiency Wage with Multiple Unemployment Equilibria: How a Higher Minimum Wage Law Can Curb Unemployment

Basu, Kaushik; Felkey, Amanda J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper uses efficiency wage theory and the existence of community-based sharing to hypothesize that labor markets in developing countries have multiple equilibria – the same economy can be stuck at different levels of unemployment with different levels of wages. The model is meant for...

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Surviving Unemployment without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa

Klasen, Stephan; Woolard, Ingrid - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

complete absence of an unemployment insurance system. In South Africa unemployment stood at 23% in 1997 and the unemployed have … these findings for debates about unemployment and social policy in South Africa and in OECD countries. …

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Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa

Woolard, Ingrid; Klasen, Stephan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

In this paper we analyse household income mobility dynamics among Africans in South Africa’s most populous province …, as might have been expected after the transition in South Africa. This finding is robust when measurement error is …

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