Profiling South African gender inequality in informal self-employment
SOURCE: Journal of Gender Studies
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): H.H.Magidimisha, S.Gordon
KEYWORDS: EQUALITY, GENDER, IDENTITY, SELF EMPLOYED PERSONS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7903
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2809
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2809
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): H.H.Magidimisha, S.Gordon
KEYWORDS: EQUALITY, GENDER, IDENTITY, SELF EMPLOYED PERSONS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7903
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2809
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2809
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Abstract
South Africa is a nation with high unemployment, and informal self-employment can offer an escape from poverty. For this reason, many South African women are currently self-employed. Men also enter the informal sector and though in the minority, they tend to earn more than women. The aim of this paper was to construct a profile of gender differences in South African informal self-employment using the 2005 Labour Force Survey and the 2005 Survey of Employers and Self-Employed. The results of our study reveal that along with distinct earning differences, female informal enterprise owners have different characteristics from their male counterparts. In order to improve the earnings potential of such owners, this paper outlines a series of interventions voiced by the women themselves that offer the potential of improving the earnings.-
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