Add to ORKGIncludes bibliographical references.This paper examines the survival strategies of the unemployed using the balanced panel sample of the first three waves of the National Income Dynamics Study (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit [SALDRU], 2013c). We find that in response to unemployment and almost no unemployment insurance, unemployed individuals look to parents, relatives and friends for economic support. In many cases the unemployed delay setting up their own households while others may move back to family households when faced with persistent unemployment. We use a probit model to show that the unemployed who move in a successive wave are more likely to be employed. The effect of moving on employment status remains sign...
Accepted for publication by Studies in Economics and Econometrics 34(3),2010.This study compares mea...
Paper presented at the 27th general conference of the International Association for Research in Inco...
High levels of inequality, poverty and unemployment are some of the most substantial challenges faci...
This paper examines the survival strategies of the unemployed using the balanced panel of the first ...
While in many African countries open unemployment is largely confined to urban areas and thus overal...
While in many African countries, open unemployment is largely confined to urban areas and thus overa...
High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity an...
Commissioned by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, FebruaryIn this paper w...
The National Income Dynamics Study is the first national panel study of South African individuals. I...
High rates of long-term unemployment pose difficulties for the mapping of the class structure. In So...
Unemployment is a key determinant of poverty in South Africa and job losses are closely associated w...
High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity an...
Bibliography: leaves 224-256.For the purpose of this study, two criteria were utilised to identify a...
This paper looks at the connection between internal migration and unemployment in South Africa. We e...
This article employs an elaborated model of migration decision-making and behaviour to analyse the i...
Accepted for publication by Studies in Economics and Econometrics 34(3),2010.This study compares mea...
Paper presented at the 27th general conference of the International Association for Research in Inco...
High levels of inequality, poverty and unemployment are some of the most substantial challenges faci...
This paper examines the survival strategies of the unemployed using the balanced panel of the first ...
While in many African countries open unemployment is largely confined to urban areas and thus overal...
While in many African countries, open unemployment is largely confined to urban areas and thus overa...
High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity an...
Commissioned by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, FebruaryIn this paper w...
The National Income Dynamics Study is the first national panel study of South African individuals. I...
High rates of long-term unemployment pose difficulties for the mapping of the class structure. In So...
Unemployment is a key determinant of poverty in South Africa and job losses are closely associated w...
High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity an...
Bibliography: leaves 224-256.For the purpose of this study, two criteria were utilised to identify a...
This paper looks at the connection between internal migration and unemployment in South Africa. We e...
This article employs an elaborated model of migration decision-making and behaviour to analyse the i...
Accepted for publication by Studies in Economics and Econometrics 34(3),2010.This study compares mea...
Paper presented at the 27th general conference of the International Association for Research in Inco...
High levels of inequality, poverty and unemployment are some of the most substantial challenges faci...