Associate Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
Derek Yu is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of the Western Cape (UWC). He previously worked as a researcher at the Research on Socio-Economic Policy (ReSEP) unit at Stellenbosch University. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Labour Economics and Development Economics.
Employed but still poor: the state of low-wage working poverty in South Africa
Jun 07, 2019 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Paid employment is generally considered the predominant and most sustainable way of pulling people out of poverty. But the past two decades have seen a global rise in the complex phenomenon of the working poor. South...
South Africa's informal sector: why people get stuck in precarious jobs
Apr 03, 2019 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
South Africa has a jobs crisis. In the fourth quarter of 2018, 6.14 million people were out of work, an unemployment rate of 27.1%, which is one of the highest rates in the world, along with sub-Saharan African countries...
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