Youth Employment, Recruitment and a Youth-Targeted Wage Subsidy : Findings from a South African Firm Level Survey
Employment issues are the most serious problems facing South Africa currently. Among these are the problems of unemployment, as well as underemployment or lack of decent work for the already employed, compounded by labour markets that are generally...
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okr-10986-274582021-04-23T14:04:42Z Youth Employment, Recruitment and a Youth-Targeted Wage Subsidy : Findings from a South African Firm Level Survey Schoer, Volker Rankin, Neil ACCREDITATION AGE GROUP COMPANY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT EXISTING WORKFORCE FINDING EMPLOYMENT FIRM LEVEL FIRM SURVEY FIRMS FURTHER EDUCATION HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE IMPERFECT INFORMATION JOB MARKET JOB SEARCH JOB SEEKER JOB TRAINING LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOUR REGULATIONS LITERATURE MARKET ENTRY MONITORING COSTS OLDER WORKERS ON THE JOB TRAINING PAPERS PAYING JOBS PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT SCHOOLS SEARCH COSTS SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE SECTOR SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING STORES SUBSIDIZED WORKER TRAINING COST TRAINING SYSTEM UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIVERSITIES UNSKILLED JOBS UNSKILLED WORKER WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE SUBSIDY WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKER YOUNGER WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT Employment issues are the most serious problems facing South Africa currently. Among these are the problems of unemployment, as well as underemployment or lack of decent work for the already employed, compounded by labour markets that are generally less than efficient in job search and matching. Unemployment in South Africa, by narrow standards, is approximately 25 percent, an extraordinarily high level, made even more worrying by its stagnancy or growth at different times over the past decade. However, although such levels of unemployment have detrimental effects on all members of society, they do affect groups differentially. Thus, unemployment rates are consistently, significantly higher for women, Africans, people from rural areas, and the less educated. Unemployment is highest, too, amongst the youth in South Africa, and much higher than international norms, despite rising unemployment amongst youth globally in the past decade. In South Africa, youth is officially defined as people aged between 14 and 35 years old; however, this is not in line with international definitions, which usually demarcate the 16 to 24 year old group. The aim of this paper is therefore to shed some light on the employment process of young South Africans and to investigate firm level responses to the implementation of a targeted hiring voucher for young job seekers aged 20-24. The first section of the paper outlines the conceptual framework used to investigate factors that determine employment of young workers and the impact of a targeted wage subsidy. The second section presents findings from a firm survey illustrating the firm characteristics that are associated with employing young workers and responses to a hypothetical wage voucher. The third section discusses the findings in the light of the theory while the fourth section concludes. 2017-06-28T19:10:19Z 2017-06-28T19:10:19Z 2011-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/474161468340302761/Youth-employment-recruitment-and-a-youth-targeted-wage-subsidy-findings-from-a-South-African-firm-level-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27458 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa South Africa |
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ACCREDITATION AGE GROUP COMPANY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT EXISTING WORKFORCE FINDING EMPLOYMENT FIRM LEVEL FIRM SURVEY FIRMS FURTHER EDUCATION HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE IMPERFECT INFORMATION JOB MARKET JOB SEARCH JOB SEEKER JOB TRAINING LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOUR REGULATIONS LITERATURE MARKET ENTRY MONITORING COSTS OLDER WORKERS ON THE JOB TRAINING PAPERS PAYING JOBS PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT SCHOOLS SEARCH COSTS SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE SECTOR SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING STORES SUBSIDIZED WORKER TRAINING COST TRAINING SYSTEM UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIVERSITIES UNSKILLED JOBS UNSKILLED WORKER WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE SUBSIDY WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKER YOUNGER WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT |
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ACCREDITATION AGE GROUP COMPANY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT EXISTING WORKFORCE FINDING EMPLOYMENT FIRM LEVEL FIRM SURVEY FIRMS FURTHER EDUCATION HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE IMPERFECT INFORMATION JOB MARKET JOB SEARCH JOB SEEKER JOB TRAINING LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOUR REGULATIONS LITERATURE MARKET ENTRY MONITORING COSTS OLDER WORKERS ON THE JOB TRAINING PAPERS PAYING JOBS PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT SCHOOLS SEARCH COSTS SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE SECTOR SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING STORES SUBSIDIZED WORKER TRAINING COST TRAINING SYSTEM UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIVERSITIES UNSKILLED JOBS UNSKILLED WORKER WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE SUBSIDY WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKER YOUNGER WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT Schoer, Volker Rankin, Neil Youth Employment, Recruitment and a Youth-Targeted Wage Subsidy : Findings from a South African Firm Level Survey |
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Employment issues are the most serious
problems facing South Africa currently. Among these are the
problems of unemployment, as well as underemployment or lack
of decent work for the already employed, compounded by
labour markets that are generally less than efficient in job
search and matching. Unemployment in South Africa, by narrow
standards, is approximately 25 percent, an extraordinarily
high level, made even more worrying by its stagnancy or
growth at different times over the past decade. However,
although such levels of unemployment have detrimental
effects on all members of society, they do affect groups
differentially. Thus, unemployment rates are consistently,
significantly higher for women, Africans, people from rural
areas, and the less educated. Unemployment is highest, too,
amongst the youth in South Africa, and much higher than
international norms, despite rising unemployment amongst
youth globally in the past decade. In South Africa, youth is
officially defined as people aged between 14 and 35 years
old; however, this is not in line with international
definitions, which usually demarcate the 16 to 24 year old
group. The aim of this paper is therefore to shed some light
on the employment process of young South Africans and to
investigate firm level responses to the implementation of a
targeted hiring voucher for young job seekers aged 20-24.
The first section of the paper outlines the conceptual
framework used to investigate factors that determine
employment of young workers and the impact of a targeted
wage subsidy. The second section presents findings from a
firm survey illustrating the firm characteristics that are
associated with employing young workers and responses to a
hypothetical wage voucher. The third section discusses the
findings in the light of the theory while the fourth section concludes. |
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Schoer, Volker Rankin, Neil |
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Schoer, Volker Rankin, Neil |
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Schoer, Volker |
| title |
Youth Employment, Recruitment and a Youth-Targeted Wage Subsidy : Findings from a South African Firm Level Survey |
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Youth Employment, Recruitment and a Youth-Targeted Wage Subsidy : Findings from a South African Firm Level Survey |
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Youth Employment, Recruitment and a Youth-Targeted Wage Subsidy : Findings from a South African Firm Level Survey |
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Youth Employment, Recruitment and a Youth-Targeted Wage Subsidy : Findings from a South African Firm Level Survey |
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Youth Employment, Recruitment and a Youth-Targeted Wage Subsidy : Findings from a South African Firm Level Survey |
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youth employment, recruitment and a youth-targeted wage subsidy : findings from a south african firm level survey |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/474161468340302761/Youth-employment-recruitment-and-a-youth-targeted-wage-subsidy-findings-from-a-South-African-firm-level-survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27458 |
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