The employment history of day labourers in South Africa and the income they earn - A case study of day labourers in Pretoria
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The employment history of day labourers in South Africa and the income they earn - A case study of day labourers in Pretoria | |
| Creator | Blaauw, PF Louw, H Schenck, R | |
| Description | Formal sector unemployment forces many workers to venture into the informal sector. The activities of day labourers are no exception. The aim of this paper is to address the lack of research on informal labour markets by focusing on the day labourers in Pretoria as a case study and to investigate the employment history of and income earned by day labourers in Pretoria. Day labourers involved in this study were mainly male, young, low skilled, earning low and uncertain levels of income and working under harsh conditions. A significant portion of day labourers in Pretoria previously held formal sector occupations. Long spells of unemployment can make it difficult for day labourers to return to the formal sector. Many activities in the informal sector can never provide a permanent solution to unemployment. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2014-05-22 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajems.v9i4.1034 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences; Vol 9, No 4 (2006); 458-471 2222-3436 1015-8812 | |
| Language | eng | |
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