Researching the fields of labour markets, inequality and poverty


Conference 2001

The Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) based at the School of Economics held their first DPRU/FES Conference 
Labour Markets and Poverty In South Africa

This conference was hosted from November 15th to 16th 2001
at the Misty Hills Country Hotel in Johannesburg. 

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Keynote Address: Globalisation, inequality and labour market policies. Martin Rama

Globalisation: The eight crises of social protection. Guy Standing

The Role of Education in Labour Earnings, Poverty and Inequality. Servaas van der Berg

Inheriting the Future: The Role of Family Background and Neighbourhood Characteristics in Child Schooling Outcomes in South Africa. Justine Burns

Progress in the Implementation of the Norms and Standards for School Funding 2000. Russell Wildeman

Locational Inertia in South African Clothing Firms. Diane Flaherty

Informality and Flexibility in the Clothing Industry. Caroline Skinner and Imraan Valodia

Trade, Technology and Wage Inequality in South Africa. Tahir Abdi and Lawrence Edwards

Spatial Dimensions of Unemployment. Martin Wittenberg

Why High Open Unemployment and Small Informal Sector in South Africa? Geeta Kingdon and John Knight

Unemployment and Labour Force Participation in South Africa. Taryn Dinkelman and Farah Pirouz

An empirical evaluation of gender discrimination in employment, occupation attainment and wage in South Africa in the late 1990s. Sandrine Rospabé,

The impact of race on earnings and human capital in South Africa, Brazil and the United States. David Lam

Measuring transformation in the public service between 1995 and 2001. Keith Thompson

Labour Market Reform and the Evolution of the Racial Wage Hierarchy in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Paul Allanson and Jonathan Atkins

The Union Wage Premium for Blacks in South Africa. Pierre-Carl Michaud and Desiré Vencatachellum

Modelling Vulnerability to Over-indebtedness: The Case of Urban Indebted Households in South Africa. Reza Daniels

Changing factor Market Conditions in South Africa: The Labour Market A Sectoral Description of the Period 1970-1997. Johannes Fedderke, Simon Henderson, Martine Mariotti and Prabhat Vaze

Why are more Women looking for Work? A Study of Female Labour Supply in South Africa, 1995-1999. Daniela Casale and Dori Posel

Labour Force Dynamics in a Rural Part of South Africa: The Agincourt Sub-Division of the Northern Province, 1992-2000. Mark Collinson and Martin Wittenberg

What have we learned about Unemployment from Microdatasets in South Africa?  Geeta Kingdon and John Knight

Trade, technology and wage inequality: A dynamic panel data approach to the South African manufacturing sectors. Johannes Fedderke

Obstacles to formal employment creation in South Africa: Evidence from recent firm surveys. Vandana Chandré

Labour Markets and Income Inequality: What are the New Insights After the Washington Consensus? Rolph van der Hoeven

Can wage cuts reduce poverty? Simulation evidence from South Africa. Tom Hertz

Segmentation in the South African Labour Market in 1999. Julian Hofmeyr

The Labour Market and Household Income Inequality in South Africa:  Existing evidence and new Panel data. Murray Leibbrandt and Ingrid Woolard

Special problems in securing a reduction in working hours: the case of security workers. Paul Lundall

The Social, Economic and Fiscal Impact of comprehensive social security. Mike Samson

An Integrated Action Plan to Accelerate Growth, Employment and Investment:  A Labour Market Approach. Adrienne Bird and Lisa Seftl

Equity in the Age of Informality: Labour Markets and Redistributive Politics in South Africa. Steven Friedman

The Labour Dispute Resolution System and the Quest for Social Justice: A Case Study on the CCMA, Unfair Dismissals and Small Business. Jan Theron and Shane Godfrey

Class, Distribution and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass

Macroeconomic Fundamentals Are in Place Are Poor Households Ready to Break the Poverty Trap? Lehutso-Phooko and Raj Naidoo

Rates of return to education in South Africa, 1960 - 1996. Stephen Hosking

Intragenerational Mobility: A Study of Chance and Change in Post-apartheid South Africa. Malcolm Keswell

 

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