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Expanding a wage subsidy during lockdownIntroduction The South African youth wage subsidy started in 2014 to increase employment and create jobs for low-wage youth. The subsidy was temporarily raised in value and expanded to reach more workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Youth unemployment Youth UnemploymentResearch Brief
Finding optimal solutions for efficient youth labour policies: What kind of firms employ young people in South Africa?According to South Africa’s National Development Plan Vision 2030, serious action needs to be taken to reduce poverty and encourage economic growth...
Tax administration data Firm-level analysis Firm behaviourWorking Paper
Product market competition and the labour market: Evidence from South AfricaWe study the relationship between product market competition and labour market outcomes in South Africa. We combine firm-level data from tax records with individual-level data from the labour force survey...
Product market competition Tax data UnemploymentBook Chapter
Macroeconomic Perspective on DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
Unemployment Labour market StateWorking Paper
A macroeconomic perspective on Asian developmentMacroeconomic strategies and policies have differed significantly among Asian countries over the last fifty years, and yet some common issues recur despite their immense diversity in inherited historical initial conditions, differences in political s...
Unemployment Labour market StateWorking Paper
Employer characteristics and youth employment outcomes in the formal sector in South Africa: Assessment using administrative tax dataThrough the use of administrative tax data, this study attempts to identify the characteristics of firms that employ relatively large numbers of young people...
Tax administration data Firm-level analysis Firm behaviourBook Chapter
The Success of Learnerships :: Lessons from South Africa’s Training and Education ProgrammeFrom the book: African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization
Education Human capital UnemploymentBook Chapter
Education Policy, Vocational Training, and the Youth in Sub-Saharan AfricaFrom the book: African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization
Education Finance (Education) PopulationBook Chapter
Young People, Agriculture and Employment in Rural AfricaFrom the book: African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization
Agriculture Economic development EntrepreneurshipWorking Paper
South African Labour Market Transitions During the Global Financial and Economic Crisis: Micro-Level EvidenceThis paper studies individual-level labour market transitions and their determinants in South Africa during the zenith and aftermath of the global financial and economic crisis using 2008 to 2010-2011 panel data from the National Income Dynamics Stud...
Econometric models (Economic development) Financial crisis Labour marketWorking Paper
Young People, Agriculture, and Employment in Rural AfricaThis paper examines the current interest in addressing the problem of young people’s unemployment in Africa through agriculture...
Agriculture Economic development EntrepreneurshipJournal Article
Introducing carbon taxes in South AfricaSouth Africa is considering introducing a carbon tax to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
Carbon tax Income distribution Public welfareWorking Paper
Education Policy, Vocational Training, and the Youth in Sub-Saharan AfricaTechnical, vocational education, and training has remained an explosive topic because it can create a divided society in terms of education and the benefits associated with it...
Education Finance (Education) PopulationWorking Paper
The Success of Learnerships?: Lessons from South Africa’s Training and Education ProgrammeVocational training programmes, like South Africa’s learnership programme, which combine classroom learning and on-the-job training seem like the type of intervention which can create skills, get young people into jobs quicker, and reduce youth...
Education Human capital Unemployment