A comparison of the old and new weights of the LFS data: 2000-2005
by WOOLARD, C & WOOLARD, I, 2005Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
This report compares the population weights from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) data-sets as originally released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) with the reweighted data-sets released in September 2005. Some conclusions are also drawn about the applicability of the data for the generation of nuanced statistics.
read more >>Review of Employment and Remuneration Trends for Selected Sectors in the South African Economy
by ALTMAN, M., GOSTNER, K. LEE, D., TREGENNA, F. VAN DER HEIJDEN, T. , 2005Research report, Employment and Economic Policy Research, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria. Prepared for the SA Presidency.
Altman et al. examine formal sector employment trends in the South African economy since the mid-1990s and assess the reliability and accuracy of employment data from a variety of sources. This was an important issue for employment research, especially during the period that the statistical agency was remodeled and nationally representative surveys on population, labour…
read more >>Editorial – Special Issue: Industrial growth and employment in South Africa.
by SIMKINS, C., 2008Research Report. Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council
Simkins offers population projections from 2007 to 2024 for the Human Sciences Research Council Employment Scenarios. He uses the SPECTRUM model by population group, gender and age group, based on:· The population composition reported by the Community Survey 2007· Fertility as estimated by the Community Survey 2007·Mortality as determined by background mortality and the effect of…
read more >>South Africa’s economic development trajectory: implications for skills development strategy.
by ALTMAN, M. & MAYER, M., 2005Journal of Education and Work, 18(1), 33-56, 2005.
Altman and Mayer argue that skills development in South Africa must be aligned to the economic and political imperatives of reducing unemployment and poverty, while fostering growth and international competitiveness. The legacy of a resource-based economy, overlaid by apartheid policies, has resulted in widespread poverty, inequality and unemployment existing alongside globally competitive industries. It is…
read more >>An overview of Industrial Policy and its Implications for HRD
by ALTMAN, M., MAYER. M., , 2003HRD Review 2003, Education, Employment and Skills in South Africa; Human Sciences Research Council Press. Chapter 3, pp 64-85
Altman and Mayer analyse the impact of South Africa’s industrial policy on the demand for labour. They show that industrial development has historically been driven by minerals extraction and import substitution, overlain by apartheid policies that excluded the majority of the population from the economy. This entrenched a growth path characterised by capital-intensive production processes,…
read more >>Quantifying the Outsourcing of Jobs from Manufacturing to Services
by TREGENNA, F. , 2008South African Journal of Economics Vol. 76:S2 August 2008
There has been debate internationally and in South Africa about the extent to which a relative decline in manufacturing employment and rise in services employment can be accounted for by intersectoral outsourcing of jobs in the domestic economy. This article develops a new methodology for testing for and quantifying outsourcing at an economy-wide level. This…
read more >>South Africa’s Economic Development Trajectory: Implications for Skills Development Strategy
by MAYER, M.J. & ALTMAN, M., 2005Journal of Education and Work Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 33–56
Mayer and Altman argue that skills development in South Africa must be aligned to the economic and political imperatives of reducing unemployment and poverty, while fostering growth and international competitiveness. The legacy of a resource-based economy, overlaid by apartheid policies, has resulted in widespread poverty, inequality and unemployment existing alongside globally competitive industries. It is…
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