While the informal sector is the ‘forgotten’ sector in many ways, it provides livelihoods, employment and income for about 2.5 million workers and business owners. One in every six South Africans who work, work in the informal sector. Almost half of these work in firms with employees; these...

Die Autoren vergleichen die wichtigsten Quellen miteinander, die in Südafrika Informationen über die Entwicklung des Arbeitsmarkts liefern (hierzu gehören die Arbeitsmarktstatistiken des Central Statistical Service und gezielte Haushaltungsbefragungen). Hintergrund ist die Frage, welche Daten...

The labour market is central in determining individual and household well-being in South Africa. Therefore, an understanding of earnings and employment dynamics is a key policy issue. However, the absence of panel data has constrained empirical work addressing these issues. This paper makes use...