The relationship between attaining Matric and labour market outcomes in South Africa
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
The South African labour market is characterised by a persistently high level and rate of unemployment
and constrained capacity to create jobs. Given these conditions in the labour market, it is of interest to
understand the role educational attainment plays in labour market outcomes. While literature on overall
educational attainment and labour market outcomes exists in South Africa, focusing on the general
relationship between the two variables, few studies explicitly focus on examining Matric in terms of
labour market outcomes. Existing literature shows that possessing Matric presents considerably more
possibilities of finding employment than lower grades. Given the key role of secondary completion for
labour market outcomes, this study therefore investigated whether having Matric is still sufficient to
ensure good labour market outcomes.
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Magister Commercii - MCom
Keywords
Matric, Labour market, South Africa, Unemployment, Democracy