Econ3x3
Creating jobs, reducing poverty III: Barriers to entry and growth in the informal sector – and business cycle vulnerabilities
7th August 2018 Introduction The previous article discussed the size and impact of the South African informal sector, also distinguishing key policy-relevant... →
Creating jobs, reducing poverty II: The substantial employment performance of the informal sector
31st July 2018 Introduction The previous article discussed the size and impact of the South African informal sector, also distinguishing key policy-relevant... →
Creating jobs, reducing poverty I: Why the informal sector should be taken seriously and enabled properly
By: Econ3x3 26th July 2018 It is not uncommon to find researchers and commentators viewing informal-sector participants as being without aspirations or entrepreneurial... →
What affects job retention and job creation: reservation wages or reservation what?
By: Econ3x3 2nd July 2018 Unemployment research typically inquires how to generate more jobs and how to keep workers working. Researchers often probe the reservation wage... →
Informal enterprise ownership: the importance of previous employment experience
By: Econ3x3 12th June 2018 Enterprises in the informal sector are known to have a precarious existence. The economic value and survival of an informal enterprise depend on... →
The sudden jump in the unemployment rate in 2015: Is there a break in the QLFS data?
By: Econ3x3 17th May 2018 This article argues that there is a time-series break in StatsSA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) in the first quarter of 2015. The principal... →
Does moving to a city mean a better life? New evidence
By: Econ3x3 17th April 2018 Moving to a city in search of work seems to pay off for many poor people in the countryside. Data that track changes over time indicate that as... →
Meeting food security needs in very poor households in the Eastern Cape: the role of own agricultural production
By: Econ3x3 8th February 2018 Small-scale agriculture evokes strong views in terms of both its current and potential roles in rural development. We examine how many (or few)... →
Poor land governance stifles rural development and have knock-on effects in urban areas 
By: Econ3x3 24th November 2017 Several researchers in the REDI3x3 project focused on poverty in rural areas in the Eastern Cape, which contains two former apartheid homelands,... →
Are we measuring poverty and inequality correctly? Comparing earnings using tax and survey data
By: Econ3x3 4th October 2017 Calculating the earnings Gini coefficient with survey data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) may lead to an underestimation of... →
