The Relationship Between Labour Market Dynamics and HIV/AIDS Prevalence in South Africa: A Literature Review
The impact of HIV/Aids on the South African labour market poses a potential threat to institutional and legislative transformation in the post-apartheid period. Vass assesses current research on the relationship between labour market dynamics and the prevalence of HIV/Aids. Studies on the impact of HIV/Aids often assume that the labour market is integrated. Results that…
read more >>Revisiting South African Employment Trends in the 1990’s
This article revisits South African employment trends recorded since 1995. In particular, it investigates whether the job losses and gains recorded by the October Household Survey jobs in the mid-1990s reflect the reality. This is done by comparing the different official data sets, and by exploring alternative sources of information for three sectors that substantially…
read more >>A comparison of the old and new weights of the LFS data: 2000-2005
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
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 >>A Contribution to the Analysis of the Employment Creation Potential of Recycling in South Africa
Lowitt offers an overview of global trends in recycling, defined as the recovery and use of waste. She identifies innovations and explores how these innovations can be used in South Africa. It goes on to investigate the economic benefits of, and current thinking on, recycling, and suggests that waste should be seen as a national…
read more >>A Preliminary Analysis of the Plastics, Paper and Glass Recycling Database: An Introduction to the Nature and Dynamics of the Industry
The purpose of this research programme, supported by the Human Sciences Research Council and the Departments of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and of Science and Technology, was to create the first economic database of plastics, glass and paper recycling activities in South Africa. These sectors have not been enumerated to date. This report is a…
read more >>Global Trends in Waste Management: Some pointers for South Africa
Fakir considers the growth and job-creating potential of the recycling industry. He reviews global trends in recycling, identifies innovations, and explores how these can be used in South Africa. The paper investigates the economic benefits of recycling, and suggests that waste should be seen as a national resource. The life cycle of materials is examined…
read more >>Leveraging Services for Employment, Growth and Equity: Botox and Bridges: South African Exports of Health and Construction Services
Using case studies of the South African construction and health services sectors, Stern outlines the main methodological and policy challenges facing developing countries in assessing the economic and social implications of service liberalisation. While the findings are preliminary and the policy conclusions speculative, the paper provides examples of key analytical difficulties in analysing services. More…
read more >>Innovation in Resource-Based Technology Clusters: Investigating the Lateral Migration Thesis – Muti from coal: science and politics of humic substance research in South Africa
Lorentzen offers a case study of lateral migration of technology from resource sectors in South Africa. He focuses on the extraction of humic substances from coal. SA is the third biggest producer of coal in the world, mining about 35 million tons a year. Coal accounts for more than 90 percent of the country’s energy…
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