Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: A South African case study

Caitlin Allen, Zaakhir Asmal, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, Jabulile Monnakgotla, Morne Oosthuizen and Chris Rooney

Working Papers from University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit

Abstract: We provide a quantitative analysis of labor force survey data and conducted a survey of firms operating in IWOSS. For the quantitative, a series data on gross valueadded (GVA) and individual labor market activities data obtained from Statistics South Africa.3 We also make use of O*NET, a standardized database of skill requirements from the United States for over 1,000 occupations (O*NET, 2019). The O*NET database provides information on numerous measures such as skills, knowledge, abilities, and education levels required for a particular occupation (O*NET, 2019). The firm survey on employment potential and skill requirements supplements the results of the quantitative analysis. These firm interviews were conducted in the tourism, agro-processing, horticulture, and transit trade sectors. These four IWOSS sectors were selected based on their ability to create several types of jobs across the skills spectrum in South Africa.

Keywords: Structural change; South Africa; economic growth; manufacturing; “industries without smokestacks”; IWOSS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 86 pages
Date: 2021-02
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Published in Working Paper Series by the Development Policy Research Unit, February 2021, pages 1-86

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