In South Africa unemployment stood at 23% in 1997 and the unemployed have no unemployment insurance nor informal sector activities to fall back on. This paper examines how the unemployed are able to get access to resources without support from unemployment compensation. Analysing a household...

High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity and long duration of unemployment compensation. It is therefore instructive to examine a country where high unemployment exists despite the near complete absence of an unemployment insurance system....

High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity and long duration of unemployment compensation. It is therefore instructive to examine a country where high unemployment exists despite the near complete absence of an unemployment insurance system....

Stephan Klasens Beitrag, im englischen Original in der Review of Income and Wealth erschienen, zeigt, dass die Ergebnisse einer monetären ausgabenbasierten Armutsanalyse für Südafrika teilweise deutlich und in armuts- und sozialpolitisch relevanter Weise von denen eines...