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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"formal employment"”.
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Disability employment support services: a case study on transition to formal employment for persons with disabilities in South Africa
General unemployment rates are high in South Africa, but unemployment rates for persons with disabilities in the open labour market are still considerably higher than those of able-bodied persons. Research has identified a number of barriers which hinder the full inclusion of persons with …
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An examination of the care and career experiences of mid-life women who combine formal employment and informal caring of dependent adults
… mid-life (ages 45 – 65) women engaging in paid employment alongside informal caring of dependent adults. It was carried out within the context of a growing ‘social care crisis’ in the wake of depleting social and healthcare resources and government policies encouraging people to ‘care for their …
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All jobs are equal, but some jobs are more equal than others: what a clustering algorithm reveals about the labour market segmentation in South Africa
… of a clustering algorithm to identify these informal and formal segments in the labour market. I apply this methodology to a nationally representative panel dataset of employed South Africans. I find that employed South Africans fall into one of three segments. Two of these segments resemble …
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The relationship between formal and informal employment in South Africa
… have dominated debates about the nature of informal employment in developing countries. The dualistic theory claims that the informal sector is a substitute for formal employment, the alternative theory claims that the informal sector is a compliment to formal employment, and the structural …
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Marriage, motherhood, childcare arrangements and work: female labor force participation and informal employment under Chinese economic reform
… in the labor force and involvement in the informal economy—jobs marked by long working hours, low wages, and little benefits. China experiences rapid economic growth and institutional re-structuring in the market transition where the gender equality legacies in the socialist era largely …
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Padrão locacional e reestruturação da indústria paraibana: uma análise microrregional
… Redistribution. It was considered as a variable formal employment, the 12 subsectors of the industry in the regions Paraíba, using data provided by the Annual Report of Social Information (RAIS) and performing an exploratory analysis and explanation of the results. These results were achieved …
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The determinants of contraceptive use in Zambia
… age, education, number of living children and formal employment were identified as factors that are significantly related to use of modern contraceptives.
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The role of social capital in the employability of university graduates in Zambia: a case of university of Zambia graduates (2000 - 2015).
… First, according to official statistics, formal employment in Zambia had declined to just about 10% of the labour force in 2001 from approximately 75% in 1975, due to two major factors, namely the economic decline the country experienced between 1975 and 1991, and the economic reforms of …
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The role of social capital in the employability of university graduates in Zambia: a case of university of Zambia graduates (2000 - 2015).
… First, according to official statistics, formal employment in Zambia had declined to just about 10% of the labour force in 2001 from approximately 75% in 1975, due to two major factors, namely the economic decline the country experienced between 1975 and 1991, and the economic reforms of …
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Assessment of innovative entrepreneurship in the informal sector in Collins Chabane Local Municipality, South Africa
The informal sector plays an important role in local economic development (LED), particularly in contexts where formal employment opportunities are limited. This study investigates innovative entrepreneurship within the informal street food sector in Malamulele Central Business District (CBD) in …
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Entrepreneurship Development In Lindi Municipal: The Case Of Salt Works And Fishery Sub Sectors
… is of no doubt very important as it creates employment opportunities to cater for people who can not secure formal employment these includes non schooled, school dropouts, school leavers, colleges leavers, retired and employed people due to pension and salary insufficiencies respectively. …
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN LINDI MUNICIPAL: THE CASE OF SALT WORKS AND FISHERY SUB SECTORS
… is of no doubt very important as it creates employment opportunities to cater for people who can not secure formal employment these includes non schooled, school dropouts, school leavers, colleges leavers, retired and employed people due to pension and salary insufficiencies respectively. …
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Distribuição espacial do emprego: uma análise para a indústria do Estado do Paraná no período de 1994 a 2012
… of the spatial distribution of industrial employment in mining and processing in the municipalities of the state of Paraná in the period 1994 to 2012 For this demonstration, the percentage change of the shares of formal employment appears the municipalities of Paraná, the Hoover coefficient …
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Essays on Employment and Human Capital
… examines how economic forces shape the nature of employment and the development of human capital. Each of the three chapters in the thesis brings economic theory and causal inference to administrative data to better understand the mechanisms that ultimately determine people's livelihoods. …
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“Old habits persist” Change and continuity in Black Country communities: Pensnett, Sedgley and Tipton, 1945-c.1970
… impacted little upon attitudes to income and employment and that the wages derived from formal employment were augmented by informal work, penny-capitalist ventures and illicit activities. It shows that despite embracing the consumer society, families within these localities adhered to …
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“Neither Colorblind, Neutral, nor Meritocratic”: A Critical Examination of South Korea’s E-2 Visa Policy Through the Lens of the Excluded
… renders those credentials insufficient for formal employment.</p> <p>Findings contribute to scholarship on native-speakerism and racialized labor in the global English teaching market by centering those most directly affected. Implications point toward replacing nationality-based eligibility …
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The development of a support framework for informal entrepreneurship in uMhlathuze Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
The significance of informal entrepreneurship and the value of informal entrepreneurs have been widely acknowledged considering South Africa’s socio-economic challenges and the country’s economy’s incapacity to generate formal employment opportunities. These challenges emanates from several …
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Access, barriers and successes of educational pathways for out-of-school youth. applying the capability theory
… pursuing valued pathways. Some graduates gained formal employment, while others-built hybrid livelihoods through informal work and entrepreneurship. From a CHAT perspective, these shifts were linked to transformations in activity systems through new mediating tools (vocational and soft skills, …
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Lost in transition: welfare to work in Louisiana
… of "success" and have left welfare for formal employment experience significant hardship. Overall, regardless of work and welfare status, most remain in poverty. This study examines the impact of welfare reform in Louisiana by analyzing the determinants of group classification in the …
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An explanation for differential career progression for women in Nigerian banking industry.
… segregation of women from participating in the formal sector and securing opportunities (promotion) for solely men through the mechanism of collectivist (gender and patriarchal practices) and individualist exclusion (educational qualification) (Murphy, 1984). Whilst equality feminism suggests …
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