Employed yet poor: low-wage employment and working poverty in South Africa

Feder, Jade; Yu, Derek

doi:10.1080/0376835x.2019.1597682

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“…Moreover, like unemployment, the psychological effects of precarious jobs accrue not only to the worker but may extend to the family as well (Benach et al, 2016). The finding that those in salaried employment have lower psychological wellbeing than the unemployed also corroborates the fact that the majority of workers in Sub-Saharan Africa fall under the so-called "working poor" (Desmond & Gershenson, 2016;Feder & Yu, 2019). Those who are extremely poor, yet having jobs, could be living in more deplorable conditions and experiencing the misery of poverty more than some of the unemployed from relatively higher socio-economic backgrounds.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…In circumstances where most work is described as precarious, individuals in salaried employment and unemployment face similar challenges including threats to work-related social needs and identities (Angrave & Charlwood, 2015;Selenko et al, 2018). The majority of jobs in less developed countries, at least in the region of Sub-Saharan Africa, are considered precarious (Desmond & Gershenson, 2016;Feder & Yu, 2019). Precarious employment includes irregular, unstable, non-standard, temporary, part-time, and short contract employment and underemployment (Kim et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Maintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributes

Baluku

Bantu

Namale

et al. 2021

Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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The unemployed, as well as individuals in self and salaried employment, face several work-related risks and uncertainties which can result in diminished psychological wellbeing especially for individuals with high ambiguity intolerance. However, positive psychology literature suggests that individuals with strong psychological resources can be resilient in difficult circumstances. Using a sample of 922 individuals (including 240 unemployed, 391 salary-employed, and 291 self-employed) from Uganda and Kenya, we investigated the moderating effects of locus of control and psychological capital on the association between ambiguity intolerance and eudaimonic wellbeing, comparing the unemployed with individuals in salaried and self-employment. Our findings indicated that ambiguity intolerance and external locus of control are negatively associated with eudaimonic wellbeing. Conversely, internal locus of control and psychological capital were positively associated with eudaimonic wellbeing. The moderation analysis revealed that whereas an external locus of control boosts the negative effects of ambiguity intolerance on eudaimonic wellbeing, internal locus of control and psychological capital buffer against the negative effects of ambiguity intolerance on eudaimonic wellbeing. Differences between employment status groups and implications are discussed.

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confidence: 74%

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confidence: 99%

Maintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributes

Baluku

Bantu

Namale

et al. 2021

Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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“…Africa (Feder and Yu, 2019) and Kenya (Fibaek, 2021). Working poverty is also related to material deprivation (Cheung et al, 2019) and political inclusion (Marinova, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The results show that working poverty is fundamental to the fight against poverty. However, the working poor is found both in developed and developing countries (Gangopadhyay et al, 2014;Feder and Yu, 2019;Fibaek, 2021). Even in developing countries, the proportion of working poor is higher (ILO, 2019).…”

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Determinants of working poverty in Indonesia

Faharuddin

Endrawati

2022

JED

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PurposeThe study’s first aim is to estimate the scale of working poverty using a nationwide household survey. The second aim is to answer the following research questions: is working enough to escape poverty, and what are the determinants of working poverty?Design/methodology/approachThe focus is on working people in Indonesia who have per capita household expenditure below the provincial poverty line. The determinant analysis used logistic regression on the first quarter of 2013 Susenas microdata.FindingsThe study found that the scale of the working poverty problem is equivalent to the scale of the poverty, although the in-work poverty rate is lower than the poverty rate in all provinces. The logistic regression results conclude that the three factors, namely individual-level, employment-related and household-level variables, have significant contributions to the incidence of the working poor in Indonesia.Practical implicationsSome practical implications for reducing the incidence of working poverty are increasing labor earnings through productivity growth and improving workers' skills, encouraging the labor participation of the poor and reducing precarious work. This study also suggests the need to continue assisting the working poor, particularly by increasing access to financial credit.Originality/valueResearch aimed at studying working poverty in Indonesia in the peer-reviewed literature is rare until now based on the authors' search. This study will fill the gap and provoke further research on working poverty in Indonesia.

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“…The ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has been characterised as a left-wing, antipoverty regime and has initiated a multitude of poverty alleviation initiatives such as the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA), the Comprehensive Rural Development Plan (CRDP), the New Growth Path (NGP), the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), and Growth, Employment, and Redistribution (GEAR), amongst others (Batyi 2009). Notwithstanding, the developmental challenges seem to outpace governmental efforts, and thus, more than half of the population still wallow in abject poverty 26 years after the end of apartheid (Feder and Yu 2019).…”

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Crafting an Endogenous Developmental Pathway for the Mgobodzi Community, South Africa

Bakre

Dorasamy

2021

AJIMS

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The Mgobodzi community of the Nkomazi Municipality is perceived as one of the most poverty-stricken and under-developed communities in South Africa. As an agendum to alleviating poverty, the government has employed a variety of developmental initiatives to accelerate development within this community. Despite the enormous investments and concentrated developmental interventions, little improvement has been noticed in regard to the state of poverty within this community as compared to the situation prior the kick-starting of these governmental interventions. In consonance, this study aims to propose an alternative developmental trajectory for this community through the ‘Endogenous growth theory’. The novelty of this research lies in its plausibility and dependence on insights from experienced rural development stakeholders, alongside beneficiaries of this community. The study found that the current rural development trajectory lacks crucial insights into the fundamental demands of this deprived community. The time of realism has set in for stakeholders to make more proactive interventions in addressing the awful specter of under-development and poverty epitomised amongst this community. Such realism is advocated in this research through the ‘conceptualisation of the endogenous growth theory’.

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Employed yet poor: low-wage employment and working poverty in South Africa

Cited by 15 publications

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Maintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributes

Maintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributes

Determinants of working poverty in Indonesia

Crafting an Endogenous Developmental Pathway for the Mgobodzi Community, South Africa

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