Day labourers, unemployment and socio-economic development in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorHarmse, Alet
dc.contributor.authorSchenck, Catherina (Rinie)
dc.contributor.authorBlaauw, Phillip (Derick)
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-21T12:25:45Z
dc.date.available2013-08-21T12:25:45Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractOne of the most visible forms of unemployment is the men who stand at the side of the road or on corners daily, waiting for any job that may come their way. It is estimated that there are nearly 1,000 places in South Africa where a minimum of about 45,000, mostly black African men, stand, waiting to be picked up. The South African space economy is characterised by an uneven distribution of economic activities. International empirical studies have shown that there is a geographical or spatial coincidence between levels of unemployment and levels of gross domestic product per capita. The first objective of this article is to highlight some of the basic demographic dynamics of day labourers. The second is to investigate the spatial distribution of and the relationship between day labourers, unemployment and the general level of socio-economic development in South Africa. Day labourers share a number of common characteristics, but there were also obvious differences in their morale and spirit. The analyses showed that there is also a general spatial coincidence between levels of socio-economic development and the numbers of day labourers in South Africa, with a relatively high correlation coefficient between the two.en_US
dc.description.accreditationInternational Bibliography of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.identifier.citationHarmse, A., et al. (2009). Day labourers, unemployment and socio-economic development in South Africa. Urban Forum. 20: 363–377en_US
dc.identifier.issn1015-3802
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/694
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author's final draft following peer review. It may be displayed and circulated, subject to full acknowledgement of author and source. The published item is copyright Springer Verlag.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12132-009-9067-8
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectDay labourersen_US
dc.subjectlevels of socio-economic developmenten_US
dc.subjectMultivariate statistical analysisen_US
dc.subjectUnemploymenten_US
dc.titleDay labourers, unemployment and socio-economic development in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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