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Title:Determinants of black women's labour force participation in post-apartheid South Africa
Authors:Ntuli, MiracleISNI
Wittenberg, MartinISNI
Year:2013
Periodical:Journal of African Economies (ISSN 0963-8024)
Volume:22
Issue:3
Pages:347-374
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:black women
labour force
women's employment
1990-1999
2000-2009
External link:https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejs039
Abstract:This paper investigates the changes that occurred in black South African women's labour force participation (LFP) over the 1995-2004 postapartheid period. Using regression analysis of individual cross-section data for 1995, 1999 and 2004, the authors show that throughout this period higher education and urban residence were associated with higher LFP, whereas the reverse was the case for 'non-labour income', marriage and fertility. They also find that the increase in black women's LFP between 1995 and 2004 could be attributable mainly to increases in the returns rather than to changes in their labour market characteristics. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract]
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