The Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series

Authors

  • Andrew Kerr School of Economics & DataFirst, University of Cape Town
  • Martin Wittenberg DataFirst & School of Economics, University of Cape Town

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1163/24523666-bja10011

Keywords:

household survey data, South Africa, labour market, data harmonisation

Abstract

The Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series (palms) is a compilation of microdata from 69 household surveys conducted in South Africa. The dataset and the code used to create the data are publicly available from DataFirst, a data repository at the University of Cape Town (www.doi.org/10.25828/gtr1-8r20). To harmonise the data required understanding the differences across the surveys, which has generated new knowledge about the South African labour market.

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Published

2020-10-29

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Data Papers

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Copyright (c) 2020 Andrew Kerr, Martin Wittenberg

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How to Cite

The Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series. (2020). Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 5(1), 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1163/24523666-bja10011