Happy in the informal economy? A case study of well-being among day labourers in South Africa
- Blaauw, Phillip, Botha, Ilse, Schenck, Rinie, Schoeman, Christie
- Authors: Blaauw, Phillip , Botha, Ilse , Schenck, Rinie , Schoeman, Christie
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Day labouring , Well-being , Happiness , Informal economy
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5532 , ISSN 1535-0754 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13943
- Description: Past research provided evidence of the negative effect that individual unemployment can have on subjective well-being. The persistent high levels of unemployment and poverty in South Africa have been well documented. Many people are forced into the informal economy, where they engage in a variety of survivalist activities such as day labouring. As o previous study has been conducted on the well-being of day labourers, the aim of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the well-being of South African day labourers. Objective and subjective functions are compared to determine the role of income and other variables in the well-being of day labourers. The determinants are categorised according to economic, comparison and attitudinal variables. The objective function uses income and the subjective function uses the binary measure of experiencing a good week in terms of wages as dependent variables. The results showed that attitudinal variables are important determinants for the subjective measure of well-being. The economic variables were important in both functions. The findings of this paper confirm other research findings showing that personal income is important for well-being in a poor community. The difference between these functions indicates that the subjective and objective measures of well-being both capture valuable characteristics of subjective well-being (SWB) in a poor community.
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- Authors: Blaauw, Phillip , Botha, Ilse , Schenck, Rinie , Schoeman, Christie
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Day labouring , Well-being , Happiness , Informal economy
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5532 , ISSN 1535-0754 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13943
- Description: Past research provided evidence of the negative effect that individual unemployment can have on subjective well-being. The persistent high levels of unemployment and poverty in South Africa have been well documented. Many people are forced into the informal economy, where they engage in a variety of survivalist activities such as day labouring. As o previous study has been conducted on the well-being of day labourers, the aim of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the well-being of South African day labourers. Objective and subjective functions are compared to determine the role of income and other variables in the well-being of day labourers. The determinants are categorised according to economic, comparison and attitudinal variables. The objective function uses income and the subjective function uses the binary measure of experiencing a good week in terms of wages as dependent variables. The results showed that attitudinal variables are important determinants for the subjective measure of well-being. The economic variables were important in both functions. The findings of this paper confirm other research findings showing that personal income is important for well-being in a poor community. The difference between these functions indicates that the subjective and objective measures of well-being both capture valuable characteristics of subjective well-being (SWB) in a poor community.
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Household waste management practices and challenges in a rural remote town in the Hantam Municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa
- Viljoen, Kotie, Schenck, Rinie, Volschenk, Liza, Blaauw, Phillip, Grobler, Lizette
- Authors: Viljoen, Kotie , Schenck, Rinie , Volschenk, Liza , Blaauw, Phillip , Grobler, Lizette
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Household waste management , Municipality , Remote
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/481022 , uj:43570 , Citation: Viljoen, K. et al. 2021. Household waste management practices and challenges in a rural remote town in the Hantam Municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
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- Authors: Viljoen, Kotie , Schenck, Rinie , Volschenk, Liza , Blaauw, Phillip , Grobler, Lizette
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Household waste management , Municipality , Remote
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/481022 , uj:43570 , Citation: Viljoen, K. et al. 2021. Household waste management practices and challenges in a rural remote town in the Hantam Municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
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