Researching the fields of labour markets, inequality and poverty


DPRU Extension Courses

 

During the 2002 and the 2004 calendar year the Development Policy Research Unit based at the School of Economics, UCT inassociation with USAID hosted an Extension Course.

In 2002 we explored the following topics:

- The supply and demand of labour in South Africa
- Unemployment in South Africa
- Wage trends and differentials in South Africa
- Globalisation and the labour market
- Training and skills development
- Dual labour markets
- Labour markets, poverty and inequality
- Selected policy issues (e.g. minimum wages, income grant etc.)
- Assessment of labour market data

Two separate courses were offered in Johannesburg and one course was held in Cape Town. 

The Johannesburg courses ran from the 2 to 3 July 2002 and from the 13 to 14 August 2002.

The Cape Town course was held from 3 to 4 September2002.  

Preference was given to policy based institutions and individuals employed within policy linked institutions.

 

In 2004 we explored the following topics:
- Understanding the basic theory of labour demand and labour supply
- The Wage-Employment Trade-off with applications to South Africa
- Employment Trends in Post-apartheid South Africa
- Understanding Unemployment in Post-Apartheid South Africa
- Household Poverty and Inequality
- Understanding Labour Market Vulnerability
- Casualisation and Atypical Employment
- SETAs and the National Skills Development Strategy
One course was offered in Johannesburg from 20 to 21 July 2004
 

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