abstract: 'In the early part of the post-apartheid period in South Africa, a

  `feminisation of the labour force'' coincided with an increasing

  concentration of women in unemployment as well as in informal and

  low-paid work. In other words, and as observed at the time, an

  improvement in female labour participation did not seem to `buy'' much

  for South African women. Accordingly, the overrepresentation of women in

  informal employment has been identified as a key source of gender

  inequality in the labour market. However, a source of gender

  disadvantage that has received considerably less attention is the

  gendered structure of earnings and occupations within the informal

  economy. In this paper, we examine sources of gender inequality within

  the South African informal economy through an analysis of a recent

  labour force survey and by drawing on a multi-dimensional approach to

  understanding risks to income security.'
affiliation: 'Rogan, M (Corresponding Author), Rhodes Univ, NALSU, Grahamstown, South
  Africa.

  Rogan, M (Corresponding Author), Urban Policies Programme Global Res Policy Act
  Ne, Grahamstown, South Africa.

  Rogan, Michael, Rhodes Univ, NALSU, Grahamstown, South Africa.

  Rogan, Michael, Urban Policies Programme Global Res Policy Act Ne, Grahamstown,
  South Africa.

  Alfers, Laura, Global Res Act Policy Network Women Informal Empl, Social Protect
  Programme, Grahamstown, South Africa.

  Alfers, Laura, Rhodes Univ, Dept Sociol, Grahamstown, South Africa.

  Alfers, Laura, StreetNet Int, Grahamstown, South Africa.'
author: Rogan, Michael and Alfers, Laura
author-email: 'm.rogan@ru.ac.za

  laura.alfers@wiego.org'
author_list:
- family: Rogan
  given: Michael
- family: Alfers
  given: Laura
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/10130950.2019.1676163
earlyaccessdate: DEC 2019
eissn: 2158-978X
files: []
issn: 1013-0950
journal: AGENDA-EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR GENDER EQUITY
keywords: informal employment; gender; risk; inequality; income
keywords-plus: FEMINIZATION; POVERTY; WOMEN
language: English
month: OCT 2
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '28'
orcid-numbers: 'Rogan, Michael/0000-0003-1695-8179

  Alfers, Laura/0000-0002-5925-7367'
pages: 91-102
papis_id: 73fab35d6af8376991f92f28c4ee8d5b
ref: Rogan2019genderedinequalities
researcherid-numbers: 'Rogan, Michael/D-2275-2017

  Alfers, Laura/GNN-0385-2022

  '
times-cited: '6'
title: Gendered inequalities in the South African informal economy
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000500095200001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '12'
volume: '33'
web-of-science-categories: Women's Studies
year: '2019'