Demographic, employment, and wage trends in South Africa
Bhorat, Haroon; Naidoo, Karmen; Oosthuizen, Morne; Pillay, Kavisha | June 2016
Abstract
This paper looks to uncover the growth traps and opportunities for the South African economy, with a focus on underlying labour market dynamics. We explore the potential of South Africa’s demographic dividend. We also consider the structure of the labour market and the growth-employment interactions, which uncover the skills-biased labour demand path of the economy and a rising trend in the use of labour brokers to source temporary workers. Finally, we show a new labour market trend has emerged: a rise in the share of public sector employment along with higher conditional returns to public sector workers than to those in the private sector.
Citation
Bhorat, Haroon; Naidoo, Karmen; Oosthuizen, Morne; Pillay, Kavisha. 2016. Demographic, employment, and wage trends in South Africa. © Brookings India. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7520.Keywords
Economic development
Standard of living
Trade development
Employment
Performance appraisal
Needs assessment
Input output analysis|ADB
Employment
Performance appraisal
Project failure
Project impact
Project appraisal
Career development
Vocational training
Development Challenges
Asian Development Bank
Development Management
Skills Development
Performance Evaluation
Evaluation Methods
Evaluation
Job Evaluation
Staff Development
Labor policy
Manpower policy
Promotions
Career development
Job analysis
Participative management
Grievance procedures
Supervisors
Vocational guidance
Labor policy
Rural manpower policy
Career development
Applications for positions
Affirmative action programs
Labor turnover
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