- Title
- Informal economy/sector
- Creator
- Pillay, Vanessa, Rogan, Michael, Von Broembsen, Marlese
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- report
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/477931
- Identifier
- vital:78137
- Identifier
- ISBN
- Description
- In response to the 2018 Job Summit priorities of inclusive growth and redistribution and (small and) micro enterprise development, this brief focuses on informal economy. Informal work should not be romanticized–incomes are low for all but a few, while for most working conditions are poor with little security or social protection. However, in South Africa, three in every ten of those who work are informally employed. This is a significant source of employment and, as is the case globally, is increasingly dominant. With unemployment levels increasing (recorded at 27% and 37% for the narrow and expanded definitions in quarter 2 of 2018), the chances of accessing any job in South Africa, whether informal or formal, are currently low.
- Format
- 13 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ): Johannesburg, South Africa
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Rogan, M. and Alfers, L., 2019. Employment-based social protection: ‘Productivism’, universalism and social citizenship. In Handbook of social policy and development (pp. 265-281). Edward Elgar Publishing
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- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the authors
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