Fact Sheets
The DPRU also publishes a series of labour market factsheets commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme (EPP). These factsheets either analyse changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period, or focus on trends within a given group or sector within the labour market (e.g. youth, or the mining industry).
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An overview of the Informal Sector from 2013 Quarter 3 to 2016 Quarter 3
Development Policy Research UnitAugust 2017
This is the eighteenth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market in South Africa. It explores the differences between the formal and informal sectors over a three-year period between 2013Q3 and 2016Q3. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of The South African Labour Market for the Year Ending 2016 Quarter 3
Development Policy Research UnitMarch 2017
This is the sixteenth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of The South African Labour Market for the Year Ending 2016 Quarter 2
Development Policy Research UnitSeptember 2016
This is the fifteenth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of The South African Labour Market for the Year Ending 2016 Quarter 1
Development Policy Research UnitJuly 2016
This is the fourteenth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of Strike Activities in South Africa, 1999-2011
Development Policy Research UnitJuly 2013
This factsheet presents longer-term trends on strike activities covering the period from 1999 to 2011. It begins by looking at the overall extent of industrial action, before examining what has been happening across industries, provinces and trade unions, as well as the principle cause of disputes.
Read MoreAn Overview of the Wholesale and Retail Industry From Quarter 1 2008 to Quarter 1 2013
Development Policy Research UnitJuly 2013
This is the twelfth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of The South African Labour Market for the Year Ending 2013 Quarter 1
Development Policy Research UnitJune 2013
This is the eleventh of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreEmployment in the Mining and Quarrying Industry in South Africa
Development Policy Research UnitJune 2013
This is the tenth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the South African Labour Market for the Year Ending 2012 Quarter 3
Development Policy Research UnitMarch 2013
This is the ninth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the South African Labour Market for the Year Ending 2012 Quarter 2
Development Policy Research UnitOctober 2012
This is the eighth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the Youth Labour Market since 2008
Development Policy Research UnitAugust 2012
The seventh factsheet in the series provides an overview of the youth labour market in South Africa between 2008Q1 and 2012Q1. The factsheet shows that young people have borne the brunt of the labour market impact of the recession and that they face considerably higher unemployment rates than their older counterparts.
Read MoreAn Overview of the South African Labour Market for the Year Ending 2012 Quarter 1
Development Policy Research UnitJune 2012
This is the sixth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the South African Labour Market for the Year Ending 2011 Quarter 4
Development Policy Research UnitMay 2012
This is the fifth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the Farm Worker Sector from Quarter 2 of 2008 to Quarter 2 of 2011
Development Policy Research UnitFebruary 2012
This fact sheet examines the fortunes of those employed in the Farm Worker Sector over the period Quarter 2 of 2008 to Quarter 2 of 2011. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the Domestic Work Sector from Quarter 2 of 2008 to Quarter 2 of 2011
Development Policy Research UnitJanuary 2012
This fact sheet examines the fortunes of those employed in the Domestic Worker Sector over the period Quarter 2 of 2008 to Quarter 2 of 2011. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the Business Activities n.e.c. Subsector from Quarter 1 2008 to Quarter 1 2011
Development Policy Research UnitOctober 2011
This fact sheet examines the fortunes of those employed in the Business Activities n.e.c. Subsector over the period Quarter 1 2008 to Quarter 1 2011. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the South African Labour Market from Quarter 3 of 2010 to Quarter 3 of 2011
Development Policy Research UnitDecember 2011
This is the fourth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the South African Labour Market from Quarter 2 of 2010 to Quarter 2 of 2011
Development Policy Research UnitSeptember 2011
This is the third of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the South African Labour Market from Quarter 3 of 2009 to Quarter 3 of 2010
Development Policy Research UnitFebruary 2011
This is the second of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreAn Overview of the South African Labour Market from Quarter 2 of 2009 to Quarter 2 of 2010
Development Policy Research UnitAugust 2010
This is the first of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period. This research was commissioned by the Employment Promotion Programme.
Read MoreKey Findings from the 2011Q2 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Statistical Release
Development Policy Research Unit2010
A summary of key findings from the Statistical Release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey of 2010Q3.
Read MoreKey Findings from the 2011Q1 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Statistical Release
Development Policy Research Unit2011
A summary of key findings from the Statistical Release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey of 2010Q3.
Read MoreKey Findings from the 2010Q4 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Statistical Release
Development Policy Research Unit2010
A summary of key findings from the Statistical Release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey of 2010Q4.
Read MoreKey Findings from the 2010Q3 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Statistical Release
Development Policy Research Unit2010
A summary of key findings from the Statistical Release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey of 2010Q3.
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