Examining the labour market outcome of volunteer workers
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
As democracy cracked the gloom of Apartheid, South Africa has experienced economic
transformations; however, unemployment is still an Achilles heel that cripples the labour
market. This study examined the labour market outcome of volunteer workers. Overall,
volunteering individuals have experienced changes on the employed and unemployed side.
This study analysed the three (2010, 2014 and 2018) available waves of the under-utilised
Statistics South Africa’s Volunteer Activities Survey (VAS) data, which is linked to the
Quarterly Labour Force, to investigate the activities of the volunteers and their outcomes in
the labour market.
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Masters of Commerce
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Labour market, Apartheid, Democracy, Economy, Unemployment, South Africa