A gender-based investigation of the determinants of labour market outcomes in the South African labour market

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dc.contributor.authorMackett, Odile
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T06:37:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-31T06:37:01Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionSubmitted in partial fulfilment of the academic requirements for the degree of Masters in Development Theory and Policy Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management School of Economic and Business Sciences University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa February 2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this report, the individual and household circumstances which influence the probability of a person having a certain labour market outcome, and how these outcomes differ by gender, will be investigated. While a number of similar studies have been conducted, this report contributes to the South African literature by investigating, using more recent data from the National Income Dynamics Study, what the determining factors are that drive women and men to the labour market, and determine employment outcomes. Furthermore, the investigation is extended by exploring whether these factors differ for men and women by age cohort. The main hypothesis of the study is that the determinants, which impact labour market outcomes and a successful transition from being not economically active or unemployed in a given period, to becoming employed in another period, differ for males and females; with factors such as education, labour market experience, and other household factors like marital status and children in the home being more important for women than for men. The results of the econometric analysis suggest that education is important for both sexes, but is of particular importance in determining the labour force participation and employment probabilities of women and the youth cohort. Furthermore, the location in which an individual resides is an important determinant of the labour market outcomes of women, with women in urban areas having the most favourable labour market outcomes. Having pensioners in the home has an adverse effect on the employment probabilities of men, while it is positively related to the employment probabilities of young women. Children in the home reduce the labour force participation of both men and women, but have a negative effect on the employment probabilities of women.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMT2017en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (vii, 83 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationMackett, Odile (2016) A gender-based investigation of the determinants of labour market outcomes in the South African labour market, University of the Witwatersrand, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21796>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/21796
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshLabor market--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshWomen--Employment--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshMen--Employment--South Africa
dc.titleA gender-based investigation of the determinants of labour market outcomes in the South African labour marketen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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