Employment transitions with high unemployment and a small informal sector: Examining worker flows during normal and recessionary periods in South Africa

Shakeba Foster

No wp-2023-56, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper examines employment transitions in the South African labour market. Using the Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series, it analyses flows between the formal sector, informal sector, and unemployment, paying specific attention to how these flows differ during recessions. It explicitly considers heterogeneity within the informal sector by separately accounting for wage employment and self-employment as well as upper-tier and lower-tier informal sector segments.

Keywords: Informal work; Employment; transition; Recession; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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