Fiscal policy and unemployment in South Africa 1980 to 2010
- Authors: Murwirapachena, Genius
- Date: 2011
- Subjects: Fiscal policy -- South Africa , Monetary policy -- South Africa , Labor economics -- South Africa , Unemployment -- South Africa , Labor policy -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Com
- Identifier: vital:11458 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/544 , Fiscal policy -- South Africa , Monetary policy -- South Africa , Labor economics -- South Africa , Unemployment -- South Africa , Labor policy -- South Africa
- Description: Unemployment is one of the greatest and most complex challenges facing South Africa. Just like most developing countries, South Africa has been using the fiscal policy framework as a tool to alleviate the high rates of unemployment. This study examined the impact of fiscal policy on unemployment in South Africa. The study used annual time series data for the period 1980 to 2010. A vector error correction model was used to determine the effects of fiscal policy aggregates on unemployment in South Africa. The fiscal policy aggregates considered in this study were government investment expenditure, government consumption expenditure and tax. Results from this study revealed that government consumption expenditure and tax have a positive impact on unemployment while government investment expenditure negatively affects unemployment in South Africa. Policy recommendations were made using these results.
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- Date Issued: 2011
The concept of decent work in a South African context
- Authors: Ndung'u, Agnes
- Date: 2011
- Subjects: Labor laws and legislation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Labor supply -- South Africa , Labor policy -- South Africa , Labor laws and legislation, International , Labor economics -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , LLM
- Identifier: vital:10199 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1618 , Labor laws and legislation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Labor supply -- South Africa , Labor policy -- South Africa , Labor laws and legislation, International , Labor economics -- South Africa
- Description: Work is a key component of people's lives and most people aspire to have work that is sufficient to provide a living wage so as to lift them out of poverty and social exclusion and also that is secure enough to guarantee a decent livelihood. The Decent Work Agenda has gained much popularity in recent years and proposes an approach to development that emphasizes fair and sustainable working opportunities that include principles of rights at work, social protection and social dialogue. Various issues have been raised in this study. Firstly, the decent work concept needs to be understood comprehensively as there is misconception about what the concept implies and what it can achieve. Secondly, it is acknowledged that there are huge decent work deficits in South Africa especially in the informal sector which impede on the advancement of people‟s conditions of living, cause people to live lives of poverty as well as deprive people of a life of dignity. This is despite decent work having a solid basis in labour legislation and also South Africa being bound by international law and principles concerning decent work. The study observes that reform in labour legislation is recommended to help overcome the decent work deficits. The ILO has proposed the Decent Work Country Programmes to help countries align their economic development goals with the international goal of the achievement of Decent Work for all. South Africa also has its own solutions such as the New Growth Path as well as other policies. The main issue however is how these policies can be implemented effectively and how decent work can be achieved against a backdrop of the socio – economic challenges that South Africa faces.
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- Date Issued: 2011
Economic dualism and labour re-allocation in South Africa, 1917-1970
- Authors: Hindson, Douglas Carlisle
- Date: 1975
- Subjects: Labor policy -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century , Labor laws and legislation -- South Africa , Labor economics -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:1090 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012294 , Labor policy -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century , Labor laws and legislation -- South Africa , Labor economics -- South Africa
- Description: The central concern of this study is to analyse how the pattern of development in South Africa has influenced the long term growth of productive employment in the economy. The approach adopted is to appply a model of economic dualism to the South African case. Chapter 1, p. 1.
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- Date Issued: 1975